Introduction:
The Substance Use Treatment and Land-Based Healing report provides recommendations and wise practices for enhancing access and quality of substance use treatment and land-based healing for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people and communities. The report examines the positive impacts of cultural and land-based healing programs and services and the need for sustainable investments in capacity building, culturally-based data collection, and long-term funding.
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Substance Use Treatment and Land-Based Healing
Traitement de la toxicomanie et Terre de guérison
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About the report:
- The Substance Use Treatment and Land-Based Healing report is one of four reports developed by the Task Group on Mental Wellness (Task Group), part of the COVID-19 Public Health Working Group on Remote and Isolated Communities
- The Task Group is made up of members from First Nation, Inuit and Métis National, Regional, and community organizations, as well as government representatives
- The Task Group was assembled to provide recommendations and wise practices on how to support and promote mental health and wellness during and post COVID-19 among First Nations, Inuit, and Métis across Canada
- The reports recognize and respond to the impacts of the pandemic, which have exacerbated the extensive social, health, and economic disparities First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities continue to face
- There is a focus on northern communities, recognizing that their realities are often different from those in the rest of Canada
