NNAPF

The Thunderbird Partnership Foundation is a leading authority on Indigenous addictions and mental wellness research and advocacy in Canada. Thunderbird champions culturally-based addictions, substance use and mental wellness services for First Nations in Canada, advocating for and creating a collaborative systems approach that empowers Hope, Belonging, Meaning and Purpose.

Our core mandate is the implementation of the Honouring our Strengths: A Renewed Framework to Address Substance Use Issue among First Nations in Canada, and the First Nations Mental Wellness Continuum Framework.

Thunderbird leads or supports the implementation of these frameworks through: * knowledge exchange (toolkits, guidebooks, and training) * development of the Native Wellness Assessment™the world's first instrument that measures the effect of cultural interventions on a wellness from a whole person and strengths based perspective * implementation of the Addictions Management Information System (A.M.I.S.) in treatment centres run by the National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program (NNADAP) and Youth Solvent Abuse Program (YSAP) * through supporting strategies to address wage parity in the NNADAP/YSAP workforce.

Current Accredited Training Courses include: 1. Land for Healing 2. Strengths Based Addiction Treatment/Care Facilitation 3. Care Facilitation 4. Culture as Intervention/Native Wellness Assessment 5. Buffalo Riders Early Intervention Program

Some courses are available online via thunderbirdpf.org. Check out our website for information on other courses, and access to our free and culturally-safe guidebooks on the topics of mental health and substance use issues, visit our website: thunderbirdpf.org. Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest!