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It takes a village

Indigenous leaders partner with Carleton researchers to

nurture youth resilience in northwestern Ontario

By Dan Rubinstein “Why don’t you do something up Indigenous leaders and academic
here,” Garnet Angeconeb said to researchers to work together for
Two years ago, when a report called Amy Bombay, the Aboriginal Healing positive change — was the inspiration
“Origins of Lateral Violence in Foundation research consultant and behind “Youth Futures: Bringing
Aboriginal Communities” was launched Carleton PhD graduate who wrote Together Indigenous and Western
at a sunrise ceremony on the site of the report with her thesis advisors, Approaches to Promote Youth
the former residential school in the health psychologist Kim Matheson Resilience and Prosperity in First
northwestern Ontario town of Sioux and behavioural neuroscientist Hymie Nations Communities.” The ambitious
Lookout, a local leader and residential Anisman. “Can you do something for seven-year project aims “to identify
school survivor had a suggestion for our youth?” and act on the multiple factors that
the study’s main author. That question — and a desire among enable First Nations communities

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