Indigenous Youth Suicide Prevention, Life Promotion, and Decolonizing Practices for Mental Health Exemplaire

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* This session will include live captioning from English into French

This session will provide an overview of Indigenous suicide in Canada and explore the various ways that suicide is addressed within clinical settings. It will introduce Indigenous understandings of distress, including socio-structural drivers of risk, land-based relationships, holistic views of well-being, and the theories of colonization that influence Indigenous conceptualizations of suicidality. Additionally, the presentation will introduce a youth-led research project that aimed to understand life-promoting practices in urban community mental wellness programming, specifically within the Yuusnewas initiative. It will highlight mental health supports from a decolonizing perspective, emphasizing the leadership of Indigenous young people.

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  Shanna Peltier (elle) est une Anishinaabe kwe originaire du territoire non cédé de Wiikwemkoong, situé sur la magnifique île Manitoulin, en Ontario. Elle est doctorante en psychologie scolaire et clinique de l’enfant à l' Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Université de Toronto. Les recherches de Shanna portent sur la compréhension des philosophies autochtones de la santé et du bien-être mental, dans le but de lutter contre le suicide chez les jeunes et de promouvoir la vie à travers des réponses communautaires ancrées dans les savoirs autochtones, le leadership des jeunes et les pratiques éclairées. Actuellement, Shanna effectue un stage doctoral au Centre de santé de Wikwemikong, où elle offre des services d’intervention psychologique et d’évaluation aux enfants, aux adolescents et à leurs familles.