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Urban Aboriginal Wellbeing, Wellness and Justice: A Mi’kmaw Friendship Centre Needs Assessment Study for Creating a Collaborative Indigenous Mental Resiliency, Addictions and Justice Strategy
Research Start-up Summary and Abstract:
The Mi’kmaw Friendship Centre wishes to undertake capacity building research to assess its roles in the social developmental determinants of mental resilience and wellbeing for urban Indigenous populations in Halifax. The purpose of the research is to conduct a culturally relevant needs assessment in order to understand the characteristics of resilient communities that foster wellbeing and to facilitate and promote the creation of Indigenous frameworks and tools for mental resilience assessments and treatments for urban Indigenous populations.