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Mental Health

According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, mental health is “the capacity of each and all of us to feel, think, and act in ways that enhance our ability to enjoy life and deal with the challenges we face. It is a positive sense of emotional and spiritual well-being that respects the importance of culture, equity, social justice, interconnections and personal dignity” (Public Health Agency of Canada, Mental Health Promotion).

Factors that can strengthen mental health include adequate housing, vibrant communities, nurturing relationships and resilience. Community design can shape social inclusion, strengthen supportive social networks, and provide access to physical activity and healthy eating options.

Elements that promote mental health include: adequate income and socio-economic status, meaningful employment, social inclusion and access to supportive social networks, higher levels of education and literacy, positive early childhood experiences, reduced violence (physical and psychological security), healthy behaviours, and housing and the built environment.

Click on a link below to check out how these communities are engaging in climate change adaptation!

Inuvialiuit Settlement Region
Ulukhaktok
  • NUNAMIN ILLIHAKVIA: Learning from the Land (2018-2019)

Manitoba

Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council
  • Gaa-Nitaawigitooying Ginawind (From the Earth / Ojibway) / Makatakiya Icaghe Do (Born from the Earth / Dakota) (2017-2018)
  • Gaa-Nitaawigitooying Ginawind (From the Earth / Ojibway) / Makatakiya Icaghe Do (Born from the Earth / Dakota) (2018-2019)











New Brunswick

Neqotkuk
  • Cross-Generational Teaching to Promote Physical and Mental Health in Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation) (2017-2018)
  • On-going Traditional Teaching to Promote Physical and Mental Health in Neqotkuk  (2018-2019)

Northwest Territories

Behchokǫ
  • Phase III: Actions for Adapting to Climate Change (2014-2015)
  • Phase IV: Changing Climate: Elders and Harvesters (2015-2016)
Ka'a'gee Tu
  • Summer of Smoke (the Movie) (2017-2018, 2018-2019 and 2019-2020)
K’atł’odeeche
  • Finding Solutions to the Health Impacts of Climate Change (2015-2016)
Yellowknife
  • Summer of Smoke (the Movie) (2017-2018, 2018-2019 and 2019-2020)

Nunatsiavut

Nain
  • Aullak, sangilivallianginnatuk (Going off, growing strong) / A Youth-led Enhancement of the Community Freezer Program for Improved Mental Health, Nutrition, and Intergenerational Skills Transmission in Nain (2012-2013)
Rigolet
  • Fostering Youth Mental Health and Resilience to Climate Change (2013-2014)
  • Inuit Isumangit Kanuittailinitsangit Amma Sungiutisannik Silaup Asianguvallianinganik (Inuit Mental Health and Adaptation to Climate Change: A Nunatsiavut Regional Perspective) (2012-2013)

Nunavut

Arviat
  • ​Young Hunters Program / Climate Adaptation Program (2017-2022)
Pangnirtung ​
  • ​Pangnirtung youth tackle Climate Change: On-the-land knowledge exchange, monitoring, and filmmaking promoting adaptation and well-being (2019-2021)
Saskatchewan
Pheasant Rump Nakota
  • ​​Feasibility Study of Community Park with a Food Forest (2019-2020)

Yukon

Selkirk
  • Keeping Our Traditions for the Health and Wellbeing of Future Selkirk First Nation Generations: "What do we do at the fish camp when there is no fish?" (2015-2016)
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