SE First Nations Inuit and Metis Program

Reconciliation begins with truth.

On National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we honour Survivors, families, and communities affected by residential schools, and recognize the responsibility we all share in learning from our history.

We recently asked members of the SE Health team, ‘What does Reconciliation mean to you?’ Here’s what some of them had to say:

🧡 “Listening. Support. Allyship.”

🧡 “Open and honest reflections of Canadian history.”

🧡 “Acknowledging the past and the impact it continues to have.”

🧡 “Remembering. Caring. Learning.”

🧡 “94 Calls to Action.”

🧡 “Making past wrongs better.”

As we reflect on our shared history, let us commit to listening, learning, and taking meaningful action to advance reconciliation in our workplaces, communities, and everyday lives.

Take time to deepen your understanding by exploring Indigenous-led resources, reading the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action, listening to Survivor stories, and engaging with educational opportunities that strengthen cultural awareness and humility.

Reconciliation is not a destination, but an ongoing responsibility we all share.

Because EVERY CHILD MATTERS. 🧡

SKIN AND WOUND CARE FOR NURSES PROGRAM - NOW OPEN FOR REGISTRATION!

Start Date: October 29, 2026

The Skin and Wound Care for Nurses Program builds practical knowledge and clinical reasoning for evidence-informed, person-centered wound care for Indigenous communities. Learners will explore acute and chronic wounds, wound healing, wound bed preparation, vascular wounds, pressure injuries, diabetic foot ulcers and prevention strategies.

This professional development series uses a wholistic, strengths-based, trauma-informed and culturally safe approach. Learners will consider the person, their wound and the context in which healing occurs, while building skills in assessment, prevention, treatment and evaluation across diverse care settings.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:

🌿 Apply foundational knowledge of skin anatomy, wound healing, and tissue repair processes to support evidence-informed wound care practice.

🌿 Conduct comprehensive, person-centered wound assessments to identify barriers to healing, measure wound progress, and guide appropriate interventions.

🌿 Recognize the impacts of colonization, health inequities, culture, and lived experiences on health outcomes and incorporate these considerations into wound care planning.

🌿 Use evidence-based approaches, including the TIME framework, harm reduction principles, and prevention strategies, to promote healing and reduce complications.

🌿 Differentiate between common wound types, including arterial, venous, pressure, and diabetic foot wounds, and identify interventions that support optimal outcomes.

🌿 Develop individualized goals of care that reflect a person's priorities, strengths, healing potential, comfort, and quality of life.

🌿 Apply strategies to support circulation, mobility, edema management, pressure redistribution, offloading, nutrition, and wound recurrence prevention.

🌿 Evaluate wound healing outcomes and adapt care plans using a wholistic, strength-based approach.

This virtual program is delivered in six weekly sessions. Each session is 2-hours long.⁠
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Learn more and register today! https://fnim.sehc.com/skin-and-wound-care-nurses-program

REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN!

Join us for a powerful and heartfelt webinar dedicated to raising awareness about Missing and Murdered Indigenous People in Canada on Oct. 1, 2026 from 12:00pm-1:00pm EST.⁠
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Vanessa Brousseau, a.k.a. Resilient Inuk , will speak from lived experience, sharing personal stories, systemic context, and the ongoing impact this national crisis has on Indigenous families and communities.⁠
Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the historical and current factors contributing to Missing and Murdered Indigenous People, including colonization, racism, and systemic neglect, and how to take meaningful action - from allyship to advocacy, to community involvement and education.⁠
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This webinar is not just about awareness. It is about accountability, healing, and inspiring real change.⁠
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Registration is required for this FREE webinar. Learn more and register here: https://fnim.sehc.com/events/no-more-stolen-webinar-speaking-truth-awareness-and-prevention-vanessa-brousseau-aka
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SPEAKER BIO:⁠
Vanessa Brousseau is a proud urban Inuk woman and a family member of a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Person (MMIP). As a survivor of abuse, neglect, racism, and poverty, she speaks from lived experience — realities that continue to impact Indigenous peoples across Turtle Island.⁠
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In May 2021, Vanessa began reclaiming her healing through traditional art, creating red dress awareness pieces using beads and sealskin. What began as a deeply personal act of decolonization has grown into a powerful movement that sparks conversation, educates communities, and honours the lives of those taken too soon.⁠
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Today, Vanessa offers both virtual and in-person presentations on Indigenous identity, MMIP awareness, intergenerational trauma, allyship, and red dress sealskin workshops. With over 25 years of experience facilitating impactful workshops, she brings a voice that is both fierce and compassionate — grounded in truth, resilience, and a deep commitment to justice. ⁠
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Visit Vanessa's website to learn more: https://resilientinukcreations.ca/⁠
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The First Nations, Inuit and Métis Program team had a wonderful time connecting with colleagues recently at SE Fest!

From meaningful conversations to shared experiences, the event was an amazing opportunity to celebrate community, collaboration, and the incredible people at the heart of SE Health.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to say hello and participate in our Truth and Reconciliation activity! We loved connecting with you! 🧡

NOW OPEN FOR REGISTRATION: INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING FOUNDATIONS PROGRAM!

Start Date: October 28, 2026

The Indigenous Community Health Nursing Foundations in Canada Program supports nurses to build the knowledge, relationships and practical abilities needed to provide wholistic, culturally safe and community-relevant nursing care with Indigenous communities across Canada.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:

By the end of this program, learners will be able to:

✨️ Describe how Indigenous community strengths, knowledge, relationships, governance and wellness priorities shape Community Health Nursing practice.

✨️ Apply cultural humility, trauma-informed and healing-centred approaches to relationship-building and care.

✨️ Recognize and respond to the Social Determinants of Health while also identifying protective factors, cultural strengths, community assets and sources of resilience.

✨️ Use shared decision-making to support persons receiving care, families and communities in identifying their own priorities and preferred pathways.

✨️ Apply a Community Health Nursing practice cycle to assessment, priority-setting, planning, service delivery, documentation, evaluation and shared learning.

✨️ Locate and use current laws, professional standards, clinical guidance, community protocols and employer policies relevant to the learner’s jurisdiction.

✨️ Support equitable access through advocacy, service navigation, partnership-building and resource development.

This virtual program is delivered in six weekly sessions. Each session is 2-hours long.

Learn more and register today! https://fnim.sehc.com/indigenous-community-health-nursing-foundations-program

How do we move from learning to lasting action?

Join us for the final webinar in our FREE 'Walking Together' series as we explore the role of relationships, community, and collective responsibility in advancing reconciliation. This session will focus on how individuals and organizations can foster trust, strengthen connections, and sustain meaningful change through collaboration, commitment, and ongoing learning.

Participants will be encouraged to reflect on practical ways to maintain momentum in their reconciliation journey and contribute to communities where respect, reciprocity, and belonging can flourish.

Register today! Scan the QR code or visit: https://fnim.sehc.com/events/walking-together-webinar-3-sustaining-reconciliation-through-relationships-and-community

Powley Day is an opportunity to learn about a pivotal moment in Canadian and Métis history. Observed each year on September 19th, the day commemorates the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in R. v. Powley, a landmark case that affirmed Métis rights and recognized the Métis as a distinct Indigenous rights-bearing people.

The case began when Steve and Roddy Powley, members of the Métis community in and around Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, challenged charges related to harvesting a moose without a provincial license. After a decade-long legal journey, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in their favour, recognizing Métis harvesting rights and affirming Métis Peoples as a distinct rights-bearing Indigenous Nation.

Powley Day is an opportunity to learn about Métis history, culture, and resilience, while reflecting on the importance of Indigenous rights, self-determination, and recognition. It also honours the courage and perseverance of the Powley family and the broader Métis community whose efforts helped advance Métis rights across Canada.

As we mark this significant day, we encourage everyone to deepen their understanding of the Métis Nation, celebrate Métis contributions to Canada, and continue learning about the ongoing journey toward reconciliation.

Reconciliation is a journey, and allyship is an ongoing practice.

Join us for the second webinar in our FREE 'Walking Together' series as we explore what meaningful allyship looks like in everyday life. Grounded in listening, humility, reciprocity, and relationship-building, this session will encourage participants to reflect on practical ways to support Indigenous Peoples and communities while contributing to reconciliation through respectful action.

Whether you're just beginning your learning journey or looking to deepen your understanding, this webinar will provide opportunities for reflection, growth, and meaningful engagement.

Register today! Scan the QR code or visit: https://fnim.sehc.com/events/walking-together-webinar-2-allyship-action-walking-respectfully-together

Join us for a powerful and heartfelt webinar dedicated to raising awareness about Missing and Murdered Indigenous People in Canada on Oct. 1, 2026 from 12:00pm-1:00pm EST.

Vanessa Lee Brousseau, a.k.a. Resilient Inuk, will speak from lived experience, sharing personal stories, systemic context, and the ongoing impact this national crisis has on Indigenous families and communities.

Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the historical and current factors contributing to Missing and Murdered Indigenous People, including colonization, racism, and systemic neglect, and how to take meaningful action - from allyship to advocacy, to community involvement and education.

This webinar is not just about awareness. It is about accountability, healing, and inspiring real change.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS FREE WEBINAR: https://fnim.sehc.com/events/no-more-stolen-webinar-speaking-truth-awareness-and-prevention-vanessa-brousseau-aka

SPEAKER BIO:
Vanessa Brousseau is a proud urban Inuk woman and a family member of a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Person (MMIP). As a survivor of abuse, neglect, racism, and poverty, she speaks from lived experience — realities that continue to impact Indigenous peoples across Turtle Island.

In May 2021, Vanessa began reclaiming her healing through traditional art, creating red dress awareness pieces using beads and sealskin. What began as a deeply personal act of decolonization has grown into a powerful movement that sparks conversation, educates communities, and honours the lives of those taken too soon.

Today, Vanessa offers both virtual and in-person presentations on Indigenous identity, MMIP awareness, intergenerational trauma, allyship, and red dress sealskin workshops. With over 25 years of experience facilitating impactful workshops, she brings a voice that is both fierce and compassionate — grounded in truth, resilience, and a deep commitment to justice.

Visit Vanessa's website to learn more: https://resilientinukcreations.ca/

Today, on World Su***de Prevention Day, we honour those we have lost, support those who are struggling, and remind one another that hope, healing and connection are possible.

In Canada, First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples continue to experience disproportionately high rates of su***de compared to non-Indigenous populations. Research has found that this reflects the ongoing impacts of colonization, intergenerational trauma, systemic inequities, and the loss of language, culture and community connections.

Su***de prevention is everyone's responsibility. Taking the time to listen without judgment, checking in on loved ones, learning the warning signs and helping connect someone to support can make a meaningful difference. Building protective factors such as cultural identity, belonging, purpose, community connection and access to culturally-safe care are important components of Indigenous mental wellness.

Here are some resources available to support su***de prevention:

🩵 The Hope for Wellness Helpline, available 24/7, provides immediate, culturally competent, trauma-informed support for Indigenous Peoples across Canada, available 24/7: 1-855-242-3310 or visit Hope for Wellness online: https://www.hopeforwellness.ca/

🩵 Canada's Su***de Crisis Helpline is available by text or call 24/7: 9-8-8

🩵 Learn more about su***de prevention on the International Association for Su***de Prevention's website: https://www.iasp.info/wspd/

You are not alone. Help is available, and every conversation has the potential to save a life.

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