SOSC 1801 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Harm Reduction, List Of Sovereign States By Suicide Rate, Cultural Identity
27 Oct 2016
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Indigenous people in canada have always been tied to history, identity, politics, language & dislocation. Wellness recovery action program (wrap) includes wellness activities like light exercises, nutrition programs, peer counselling, journaling & sleep. These supports are supposed to be more cost-effective than emergency room visits. Health practitioners embrace mental health recovery w/patients- encourage hope. Indigenous people have been absent from canadian recovery scene. Seven generations teaching is concept that"s part of north american indigenous. Seven generations teaching: what we do today impacts the next 7 generations to come. Conversely, what happened in the past 7 generations impacts us today. States that if you don"t know where you come from, you will not know where you are going. Colonization has direct impact on 7 generations teaching. Colonial activities have attempted to strip indigenous people of their identities. About 2-3x higher than aboriginal people in australia.
