Indigenous Services
Australia:
AIMhi Stay Strong (APP) - https://www.menzies.edu.au/page/Resources/Stay_Strong_iPad_App/
- The AIMhi Stay Strong App is an innovative tool that addresses the mental health and wellbeing concerns of First Nations Australians using a cross-cultural approach.
- The app is based on more than 15 years of research and collaboration within the Aboriginal and Islander Mental Health Initiative (AIMhi) and was developed by the Menzies School of Health Research, in partnership with Queensland University of Technology
- Cost 7.99
- The app is a motivational care planning tool that assists health professionals to promote the wellbeing of Aboriginal clients by considering their social supports, strengths, worries and the goals or changes they would like to make
Carbal Medical Services - https://carbal.com.au/health-service-programs/
- An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health Care Organization (ATSICCHO)
- Offers an early intervention specialist for children in the community who have a diagnosis or at risk of developing a mental health problem by phone number (46880500)
Smiling Mind – https://info.smilingmind.com.au/npyresource
- Offers a mindfulness program that complements the complements the Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra meditations.
- Meditations are scripted and recorded by senior Anangu women.
- Created with the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council.
Canada:
“My Covid-19 Story” Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay (CANADA) - http://www.scfht.ca/wp-admin/images/COVID19/My_Covid-19_Story_FINAL.pdf
- Published in April of 2020 for Indigenous children.
- A downloadable PDF, free, book about how to talk to children about COVID-19
We Matter Campaign Indigenous Toolkit https://wemattercampaign.org/toolkits/youth
- Offers an online PDF toolkit to support self, family, and friends within communities, especially with challenges like depression, suicide, and addiction.
- Also offers videos within toolkit discussing mental health issues and journal prompts.
Hope for Wellness Helpline - https://www.hopeforwellness.ca
- Immediate online mental health and counselling interventions for Indigenous peoples in Canada.
- Online Chat Counselling Service available in English and French. Toll-free Help line (1-855-242-3310), 24 hrs/7 days a week (by request, phone counselling is also available in Cree, Ojibway, and Inuktitut).
- Services provided by Donna Cona.
Keewaytinook Okimakayanak “KO eHealth Telemedicine Services” - https://www.kochiefs.ca/telemedicine
- Provides services to its member First Nations (Deer Lake First Nation, Fort Severn First Nation, McDowell Lake First Nation, North Spirit Lake First Nation, Poplar Hill First Nation) in Northern Ontario. Created prior to COVID-19.
- Offers a telemedicine program for First Nation communities and during the COVID-19 pandemic, is providing a simpler alternative to purchasing a room-based videoconferencing system (must reach out for access).
Native Counselling Services of Alberta - http://www.ncsa.ca
- Created prior to COVID-19.
- Website houses a variety of resources for Indigenous peoples living in Alberta including the Wâhkômiwêw Connections Programs (Stony Plain, Spruce Grove, Parkland, and Yellowhead County) (St. Paul, Cold Lake, & Bonnyville) is offering (telephone, social media support), as well as additional physical, emotional, mental and spiritual support
Thunderbird Partnership Foundation - https://thunderbirdpf.org/nnapf-document-library/
- Non-profit organization (previously the National Native Addictions Partnership Foundation NNAPF), Created prior to COVID-19.
- Offers a Document Library with a variety of downloadable resources for offering Indigenous mental health (Family Members/Caregivers Guidebook, etc.), Accredited courses, Buffalo Riders program (a program to provide First Nations youth with brief and early interventions in reducing substance use behaviour).
- Offers a variety of Land Based Documents for land-based healing programs, webinars and videos, has a youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSHihn_OuwBmearNQFdYs7w where individuals can watch these resources for free).
First Peoples Wellness Circle - https://www.fpwc.ca/promoting-wellness-providing-suppor
- Offers National Virtual Gatherings with Mental Wellness Teams (focuses on Traditional Medicines, Supporting Elders and Traditional Teachings, Land-based Healing During COVID-19, Supporting Young Children).
- Partnered with Public Health Agency of Canada, Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement, Chiefs of Ontario, Mood Disorder Society of Canada, Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention, Assembly of First Nations,
Za-geh-do-win - http://www.za-geh-do-win.com/library.html
- Housed at Manotsaywin Nanotoojin Inc.
- Funded by the province of the Government of Ontario, Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Strategy. Located on Atikameksheng Anishnawbek.
- Governed by twenty-one First Nation member communities. Twelve elected board of directors serve the members from four different areas; Manitoulin, Highway 69, North Shore and Northern regions.
- Ontario-based, services free of charge for Ontario organizations and individuals. Online resources that come in a “variety of print and multi-media formats and distributed through Za-geh-do-win Information Clearinghouse." Also offers pamphlets on stress management, abuse, anger, bullying, aboriginal mental health, non-violence and an extensive catalogue of resources to give/lend.
Ontario Native Women’s Association “A Voice for Indigenous Women’s Issues” - https://www.onwa.ca/careers
- Not for profit organization in Ontario, established in 1971.
- Operating Model + Board of Directors (https://www.onwa.ca/about) Offers videos and journal prompts (using the Seven Sacred Teachings/Seven Grandfather Teachings).
- Created prior to COVID-19, offers a COVID-19 page (including a Diabetes + COVID-19 video, pamphlets on Coping with Stress from WHO, links and resources, and some accessible information on councils and community partners on recent development of COVID-19)
Sunrise Healing Lodge - http://nass.ca
- Established in 1974 and provides Indigenous based programs dealing with addictions. Has a Board of Directors.
- Offers Recovery Community Information during COVID-19 (Information Lines, Zoom Meetings, Facebook Groups).
FNHA Virtual Substance Use and Psychiatry Services - https://www.fnha.ca/what-we-do/ehealth/virtual-substance-use-and-psychiatry-service?fbclid=IwAR1SRe43n3JNTD3jCWhENASWppDO1XA5w880SOyO12wtXSjfd8wwg8U2L2o
- This is a referral based, no-cost service and is available to all self-identifying Indigenous people in British Columbia, including individuals who identify as non-status First Nations.
- The service provides Indigenous people with access to specialists in addictions medicine and psychiatry over the phone and through Zoom. The service also encourages referring provider or community health support person to attend the specialist appointment with client to ensure proper care planning and support.
- Substance Use and Addictions Medicine service runs Monday-Friday 1.30-5.30 pm. Psychiatry service runs Monday-Friday 10.00am-3.00pm.
New Zealand:
Korero: Guidance of the New Zealand Māori Council Te Kaunihera Maori o Aoteaora -
- Guidebook created by the Māori council for Māori communities and organizations about COVID-19, employment, wellness, children in care, and spiritual ceremony.
Te Rōpū Whakakaupapa Urutā (National Māori Pandemic Group) - https://www.uruta.maori.nz/about
- This program is made up of some of the nation’s leading Māori medical and health experts including Primary Care Specialists, Public Health experts, Public Health Physicians, Māori Nurses and iwi leaders.
- A list of resources - regular zoom hui in respective communities and facebook updates available here https://48a2f804-7b41-4b63-8217-20e5f11cc85c.filesusr.com/ugd/6e99a9_45ac2bdbcfd64c58a739c3cc4fd72430.pdf?index=true)