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View All ResourcesALIGN CONNECTIONS For Indigenous Children/Youth & Caregivers - Special Summer Edition (August)
CONNECTIONS is monthly newsletter designed to support Foster and Kinship Caregivers to ensure First Nations, Metis & Inuit children in their care have access to cultural resources, activities and events that broaden their cultural awareness.

Creating Hope Society The Indigenous Boys Matter Too! program
The Indigenous Boys Matter Too! Program (IBMT) is a non-therapeutic wellness program that utilizes cultural teachings, journaling, sharing circles, community building and artistic expression to understand the historic, interpersonal and intergenerational traumas and barriers we may experience as Indigenous Male's.

Prevention Matters! Watch Storying Truths of Indigenous Homelessness (COH)
Indigenous homelessness (or what is increasingly being referred to as houselessness) is a widespread crisis across Canada. While individual experiences may vary, there is a common thread underlying its causes.

Honouring Our Ways: A Journey Through Community-Led Planning
Led by First Nations in British Columbia, the Comprehensive Community Planning movement builds on centuries of Indigenous community planning knowledge.

ALIGN’s Well-Being Toolkit Community of Practice (CoP)
The CoP is an informal community of like-minded practitioners and evaluators in the child and family serving sector who are interested in growing their organization’s impact on child and youth well-being.

Reconciliation is recruitment: A strategic workforce solution (By Tanya Tourangeau - Talent Canada)
Reconciliation in the workplace goes beyond symbolic gestures—it must be embedded strategically in recruitment practices.

ALIGN CONNECTIONS For Indigenous Children/Youth & Caregivers June 2025
CONNECTIONS is monthly newsletter designed to support Foster and Kinship Caregivers to ensure First Nations, Metis & Inuit children in their care have access to cultural resources, activities and events that broaden their cultural awareness.

ALIGN's 20 Great Ways for Children, Youth & Families to Honour National Indigenous History Month
Check out this fun, interactive, flip-card activity for children, youth and families! This June is everyone's opportunity to recognize and honour the achievements, history and rich cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in Canada.

ALIGN's Well-Being in Child and Family Services Toolkit
The way we define and understand child and youth well-being matters.
