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First Nations Counsellor Training in British Columbia: Strengthening the Circle

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
September 1997

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First Nations people in British Columbia are struggling to overcome the effects of assimilationist practices and cultural loss. Many of the mental health problems facing First Nations people today can be traced to this loss. Their communities believe the best way to address this problem is by training their own people as mental health professionals who could then provide informed and culturally relevant counselling services. In the spring of 1996 a provincewide survey was conducted to determine the nature of counsellor training needed by First Nations people in the province of British Columbia. This article describes the rationale for this survey and the results.

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Les gens des Premières Nations de la Coiombie-Britannique travaillent péniblement è surmonter les effets qu'ont eus les pratiques d'assimilation et les pertes au niveau culturel. Plusieurs des problèmes de santé mentale auxquels font face les gens des Premières Nations aujourd'hui peuvent être mis en relation avec ces pertes. Leurs communautés croient que la meilleurs maniéGre de s'attaquer au problème est de former leurs propres personnes comme professionals en santé mentale. qui pourraient ainsi fournir des services de counseling professionnels et culturellement appropriés. Au printemps de 1996, un sondage d'envergure provinciale a été mené afin de déterminer la nature de la formation des conseillers dont les gens des Premières Nations de la Colombic-Britannique ont besoin. Cet article décrit les raisons qui ont poussé è ce sondage ainsi que les résultats obtenus.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 16Number 1September 1997
Pages: 91 - 99

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Version of record online: 4 May 2009

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Rod M. McCormick
Mohawk Nation, University of British Columbia

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