Family Violence Initiative
COMPENDIUM OF PROMISING PRACTICES TO REDUCE VIOLENCE AND INCREASE SAFETY OF ABORIGINAL WOMEN IN CANADA
HISTORICAL LEGACY
Healing and Renewal of Family Roles and Responsibilities
- Program Name:
Awakening The Warrior Within
- Organization/Community:
Victoria Native Friendship Centre
- Location:
Victoria, British Columbia
- Website:
- Goals and Objectives:
To help men develop a deeper understanding of what family violence is and the effect it has on them personally as well as on their families /communities.
- Target Group Description:
Aboriginal men (age 19 and over) who have been victims of violence.
- Program Description:
This is a four week program consisting of three sessions per week. The program is run as a talking circle in which men are given the opportunity to gain an understanding of: family violence, the impacts of colonialism and residential schools, internalized oppression, the effects of racism, the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships and how to keep children safe within communities. The goal is to develop the tools to implement self-care, stress management and anger management. The nature of the talking circle and the opportunity to smudge along with the focus on clients honouring and respecting each other while in session are based on traditional cultural teachings and ways of healing.
- Program Successes/Impact:
The success of clients breaking the cycle of violence in which they have been involved.
- Key Lessons/Challenges:
Obtaining funding.
- Program in operation since:
2011.
- Program:
Ongoing.
- Date modified: