Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation

Published purpose

Through this 38-month project, Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ people, with a focus on individuals impacted by GBV in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon. This will be achieved by developing and implementing administrative, human resource (HR), occupational health and safety policies, and exploring and developing an enhanced governance structure. By the end of the project, Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation will have strengthened their capacity to prevent and address GBV by developing clear and concise job descriptions, an HR and financial policy that will allow it to continue to provide health and healing services to a northern indigenous population that suffer from the generational trauma of residential schools and other government actions. These documents will allow the organization to recruit and retain indigenous employees. Through this project, an occupational health and safety policy will be prepared, as required by the Worker’s Safety and Compensation Commission (WSCC), for its urban wellness camp that will allow the camp to continue to operate in a safe manner. Finally, the project will allow Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation to map out its current and future governance structure, incorporating traditional values and beliefs.