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:
Suqqakkut
- Organization/Community:
Ilisaqsivik Society
- Location:
Clyde River, Nunavut
- Website:
- Goals and Objectives:
To promote community wellness and sensitivity toward culture, reducing vulnerability to violence.
- Target Group Description:
Open to everyone.
- Program Description:
There are two centres. The first one, a family resource centre that offers one-stop shopping for clients, including: a community justice committee, access to Elders, diabetes program, access to land-based retreats, school breakfast program, and provides public service announcements for Health Canada and National Aboriginal Health. The second centre is a Society organization that was formed to address youth crime, suicide, and family violence. Elders and counsellors work together to promote healing and well being in clients accessing the services.
- Program Successes/Impact:
Won Tides Canada Top 10 of 2011 for its programming initiatives - http://tidescanada.org/about/tides-top-10/tides-top-10-for-2011/ilisaqsivik/.
- Key Lessons/Challenges:
Available funding limits the number of permanent staff available from year to year which in turn affects the kind of services the program can offer in any given year.
- Program in operation since:
1997.
- Program:
Ongoing.
- Date modified: