ALIGN CONNECTIONS For Indigenous Children/Youth & Caregivers May 2025

 May 21, 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.

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Report: Indigenous Shelter Diversion and Eviction Prevention May 2025 (Canadian Observatory on Homelessness)

 May 15, 2025

Through an environmental scan of literature and existing programs, this report adopts a decolonizing lens to explore Indigenous perspectives on prevention, including diversion from shelters and preventing eviction.

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Our Children Are Sacred Indigenous Youth Suicide Prevention Course (Ben Calf Robe Society)

 May 6, 2025

“Our Children Are Sacred” is a Youth Suicide Prevention Course and resource for adults interacting with individuals at risk for suicide.

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Reconciliation Is Good Business: The Cost of Waiting vs. the Power of Acting Now (Tanya Tourangeau Consulting)

 May 6, 2025

If you're tired of "Trump Economics"—where division, isolation, and short-term gain overshadow long-term prosperity—there’s a smarter, more inclusive economic model already thriving in Canada. Let Tanya Tourangeau tell you about it!

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ALIGN's Presentation of the Well-Being Toolkit at the 2025 Symposium on Child & Youth Trauma

 May 2, 2025

ALIGN would like to extend our sincere thanks to the 2025 Symposium on Child & Youth Trauma conference planners for creating a meaningful and collaborative space and opportunity to share the ALIGN Well-Being Toolkit with attendees. It was a privilege to share our work with such an engaged and thoughtful audience, and we deeply appreciate the platform to discuss tools that support the well-being of First Nations, Metis and Inuit children and youth and the integration of traditional Indigenous knowledge with modern practices.

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Government of Canada Announces Continued Funding for Jordan’s Principle March 22, 2025

 March 22, 2025

Ottawa, Ontario (March 22, 2025) — The Minister of Indigenous Services, Patty Hajdu, issued the following statement

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Report - Indigenous Land-Based Research Gathering: Summary of Learnings from Talking Circles

 March 11, 2025

A Way Home Canada and the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness’s Making the Shift Youth Homelessness Social Innovation Lab, in partnership with Waakebiness Institute for Indigenous Health, hosted a two-day, summative knowledge-sharing gathering held on the land and in ceremony.

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An Introduction to Decolonizing Indigenous Research

 March 11, 2025

A Way Home Canada, Canadian Observatory on Homelessness & Making the Shift Youth Homelessness Social Innovation Lab

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Our Journey to Reconciliation (ALIGN)

 February 28, 2025

By Rhonda Barraclough

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