Start date - October 31st

Location - Saskatoon

Project Description

This project will be designed and will be implemented to support the facilitation of an integrated culturally appropriate holistic process honouring and respecting Indigenous values, philosophies, and knowledge systems reflecting personal and family health, wellness, and care practices. Learners will experience social emotional, Land-based Learning as a cultural alignment to mental health wellbeing. This will culminate with the development of essential life skills to be integrated into a “Life Journey Plan” to ensure their successful growth into the community, workforce and/or schooling supported by a network of peers.

UPs Holistic Growth Journey will provide the roadmap to engage the mind and provide the foundational skills, and tools to succeed, together, in the global and ever-changing landscape.

• Way of Living (Culture) - Helping one another and valuing differences while being able to manage conflict in healthy ways are all critical practices to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to create an environment that is culturally safe.

• Way of Being (Character) –Maturity and restraint are important practices of life that enable people to develop the knowledge and attitude to practice resourcefulness, initiative, vision, priority, and commitment.

• Way of Knowing (Competence) – creating an empowering center of correct maps from which an individual can effectively solve problems, maximize opportunities, and continually learn to integrate universal principles helps them overcome challenges and obstacles in an upward spiral of growth.

For ALL people, life skills are essential for helping overcome the challenges and obstacles they will face in balancing their many responsibilities. Life skills are woven throughout this Journey for ALL involved and shared in powerful ways, including:

• Leadership

• Time management

• Achieving goals

• Communication

• Conflict resolution

• Responsibility and initiative

• Health and wellness

Multiple learning approaches will be utilized including:

• traditional healing and culturally appropriate training and trauma-informed practices through seminar/workshops, feasts, ceremony and celebrations

• mentorship, guidance and integrated supports

• process guided learning of numerous culturally meaningful individual and family engagement opportunities

The facilitator-led and coaching supports will guide an effective blended learning experience designed to:

• Strengthen culture

• Improve persistence

• Enhance engagement

• Increase Indigenous awareness

• Provide employment and education opportunities within multiple vocations

We will be accepting 10 participants starting on October 31st, 2022 at 832 Duke Street in Saskatoon.

The group will meet daily from 9 AM – 2:30 PM Monday to Friday starting October 31, 2022 with the schedule as follows:

October 31 - November 4, 2022

November 14 – 18, 2022

November 28 – December 2, 2022 

December 12 – 16, 2022

January 9 – 13, 2023

January 23 – 27, 2023

It is the expectation and responsibility of the participants to arrive on time and commit to attending every day. Transportation IS NOT provided.

If you are interested in being a participant join us at our Open House on Thursday, October 20th or Friday, October 21 between 2 PM and 6 PM at 832 Duke Street (Corner of Duke and Fourth Ave), Saskatoon.

For more information visit our partner’s website at www.upthestatusquo.org and click on the link mînowin kihtwam sihcikewin.