Harm reduction is a practical, person-centred approach rooted in empathy, dignity, and respect, aimed at reducing the negative consequences of risky behaviours.

In order to begin to understand how to escape from or do away with the colonial box, one must first begin working at understanding how these systems function against oppressed and otherwise marginalized groups.

I invite you to say these out loud: How was that for you? Did it feel natural, uncomfortable, or just...

As an adult student, at forty years old, while learning Western approaches to therapeutic modalities, I sensed a missing puzzle piece.

In an Indigenous model of care, the helper shares energy in a balanced, circular way with the participant. This allows for a flow of reciprocity in the helping relationship.

In many Indigenous Nations, wellness encompasses all our connections. The land is not just a setting. It is a teacher. A relative. A healer.

Explore how genuine connectedness fosters healing in addiction recovery, contrasting it with the pitfalls of toxic positivity and forced optimism.

Smudging is a traditional ceremony for many Indigenous communities across Turtle Island, used to purify or cleanse a person and/or spaces of negative energies and thoughts.

Two-eyed seeing is a way of learning to look at the world that embraces the strengths of Indigenous ways of knowing and the strengths of Western methods of understanding.

At CTRI we have found the curious and continuous learning mindset of two-eyed seeing to be invigorating and humbling.

Two-eyed seeing holds particular importance in the ongoing efforts toward reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.