This program is designed for Aboriginal men who want to make a healthy difference in their family and community.
RECLAIM Anishinabe & Ohkwehonwe values.
LEARN about yourself
LEARN strategies to help other men, families and communities
LEARN about change and leadership
How Does the Program Run?
The program involves 65 days of intensive on-site training and in addition 600 hrs of off-site training which is developed on an individual basis. The learner will receive 600 hours of on-site training. There are two ways the program is offered:
5 days every 2 months
3 days a month
Community Involvement:
The program encourages the learner to be involved in their community as a helper or volunteer. The program will require some placement hours in the field of social service work.
What’s In it For YOU?
The successful candidate who completes the program receives a accreditation from First Nations Technical Institute in Community Development and Leadership. In addition each candidate is eligible to receive a Social Service Worker diploma from St. Lawrence College of Applied Arts and Technology.
Courses and Topics Include:
· Native Psychology 1 & 2
· Healing the Family
· Native Sociology 1, 2, 3, & 4
· Harmony Creation & Clan Orgnztn.
· Original Way of Being
· Nation Building
· Foundations of Cultural Competency
· Community Healing
· Healing of Self
· Communities of Solution
· Capability & Capacity Building
· Helping & Healing
· Portfolio I, II & III
· Deliberately Creating Change
· Cultural Competency
· Indigenous Leadership
History of Program
From a vision came the idea, Native men need learning experiences and guidance to re-discover and re-claim their rightful role in Native society. The program was designed based on the original teachings of the Anishinabe and Ohkwehonwe.
In 2000, First Nations Technical Institute first offered this program with the cooperation of KiiKeeWanNiiKaan Healing Lodge on the Munsee-Delaware First Nation. In the first 2 years 15 men graduated from the program.