Information, Resources, and Training

Provides information, resources, and training to address substance use and addiction with a wholistic approach to healing and wellness that values culture, respect, community, and compassion. Includes:

• Thunderbird Resource Library
• Honouring Our Strengths Framework
  • National framework that addresses substance use issues among First Nations people in Canada
• Native Wellness Assessment
  • Tool to measure how cultural interventions affect a person’s wellness from a whole person and strengths-based view
• Indigenous Wellness Framework
  • Foundational framework, developed by Elders and Knowledge Keepers, who shared their understanding of what wellness is from an Indigenous point of view 
• First Nations Mental Wellness Continuum Framework
  • Foundational framework that deals with mental wellness among First Nations people in Canada and outlines a wellness approach that is grounded in culture
• Addictions Management Information System
  • Database to collect reliable evidence of stories, experiences, and strengths of the National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program and the National Youth Substance Abuse Program treatment centres across Canada
• Responding to Crisis in First Nations Communities
  • Materials to help community members move from crisis to wellness
• Land-based Programs
  • Materials to help create land-based healing programs
• Life Promotion Toolkit by Indigenous Youth
  • Delivers information aimed at promoting life rather than focusing on preventing death
• Wage Parity in Indigenous Addiction Services
  • Information and research on wage parity and the impact on addiction services
• Thunderbird Wellness Application
  • Promotes a strengths-based, trauma informed, approach to supporting Indigenous Wellness
  • Provides tangible ways to support First Nations, from opiod and methamphetamine use, to treatment, prevention, addressing stigma, and supporting harm reduction strategies
• Thunderbird Training
  • Training courses are developed from a culture as foundation, strength-based trauma informed approach
  • Indigenous Knowledge and culture guide all aspects of training
  • Training Calendar
  • Online Course Sign-up