SeeChange Initiative

Our new initiative - co-designed with #Inuit youth, facilitators and leaders will support youth in #Nunavut by fostering intergenerational healing, sharing traditional Inuit knowledge, promoting climate adaptation, mental health, and more Please donate ow.ly/kXCQ50TQ5Fc

At an #Inuit youth-led townhall at ArcticNet's Arctic Change Conference, co-led by @SeechangeInit and @CINUK_ARP, we sat down with Christopher Idlout to learn about some of the challenges Inuit youth are facing, and ways to cope and thrive seechangeinitiative.substack.com/p/one-of-my-bi…

💡 #Humanitarian organizations need to change. What we are doing now clearly isn't working," says @seechangeinit's ED @Access2Rachel. 📺 Watch her interview about#community-centered approaches to #humanitarian work. youtube.com/watch?v=Kw0utQ… #ShiftThePower #Localize

#JobAlert! SeeChange is looking for a part-time, Iqaluit-based program assistant (4-month contract) to support an intergenerational healing journey of Inuit TB sanatorium survivors and youth to Hamilton, Ontario. ow.ly/EQ9z50UCJ9S

💙 It's #GivingTuesday tomorrow! 📷Please consider contributing to our crowdfunding campaign for the Guiding Youth to Thrive (ᒪᑯᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᒪᑭᒋᐊᖅᑎᑎᓂᖅ) program for #Inuit youth. #MentalHealthMatters give.charityvillage.com/SeeChange?ref=…

#Canada could use the Biologics Manufacturing Centre in #Montreal to fill a crucial #globalhealth gap. How? Find out through @jwnickerson & @HealthLawAdamH's op-ed via @mtlgazette: montrealgazette.com/opinion/opinio…

Read about the launch of @seechangeinit's new iniative in support of #Inuit youth wellbeing at a special night at @DorsetFineArts showroom gallery and support our fundraiser! #GivingTuesday #mentalwellness seechangeinitiative.substack.com/p/you-come-fro…

The unseasonably warm weather in #Nunavut is affecting the annual seal hunt and skin preparation. #ClimateCrisis #Inuit cbc.ca/player/play/vi…

Young #Inuit leaders from the #NWT are speaking up as #climatechange impacts their culture, traditions and way of life. cinuk.org/storymap/cct-p…

The mass slaughter of sled dogs in the 1950s & 1960s by police officers and other authorities in #Nunavik, the #Inuit region of northern Quebec, had a devastating impact on communities. Decades later, the federal government finally issued an apology cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

❗ An alarming new report says that half of children under the age of six in #Nunavut are living in poverty. The territory's child poverty rate is the highest in Canada, more than double the national average. cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

The majority of #Indigenous people in Canada agree on the importance of integrating traditional medicine and wellness practices into mainstream healthcare. #Inuit are the strongest supporters rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arc…

'Your life matters': Nunavut officials sign 4th suicide prevention plan | CBC News - #MentalHealth #InuitYouth goo.gl/alerts/WD3Rnm #GoogleAlerts

💡"An organization doing remarkably innovative work in meaningfully engaging and centering crisis-affected communities in the design and implementation of responses to health crises is @seechangeeinit with its #CommunityFirst Framework," says @imranono. ow.ly/uUyf50TS3GP

The @CMA_Health apology for anti-#Indigenous racism is only the beginning, writes Martha Troian in Canada's National Observer #DecolonizeHealth nationalobserver.com/2024/10/09/opi…

Written by Naomi Tatty, @seechangeinit 's Nunavut-based intercultural health lead

Finding graves is not enough; Inuit survivors of #TB sanatoriums need healing journeys by Naomi Tatty @seechangeinit #healthequity theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

"Finding the graves of those who died is important. But it is not enough. We also need to help our elders find healing and closure, and allow Inuit youth to understand and address some of the root causes of the issues we are facing in our communities." ow.ly/toio50TC5Q7

Today is #WorldSuicidePreventionDay. ❗ #Nunavut had the highest suicide rate among all Canadian provinces and territories in 2021. Suicide rates were highest among youth and young adults. 💙 We need to act now to improve the well-being of Inuit youth.

🙌 We are excited to launch the PMEAL Toolkit! 💡 It contains a range of practical, participatory tools that can be used to engage communities in designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating humanitarian programs. #CommunityFirst ➡ lnkd.in/g-jvnf98