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Edmonton Native Healing Centre

STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE YOUTH PROGRAM

Funded by the Urban Multipurpose Aboriginal Youth Centre's - UMAYC initiative through Canadian Heritage.

Project Description

The Striving for Excellence Youth (SFE) Program is a youth-driven program that provides educational, recreational, cultural and life skills programming to Aboriginal youth within the city of Edmonton.  SFE focuses on enhancing the well being of Aboriginal youth by empowering them to address their physical, emotional, spiritual and mental needs. 

Program Goals

• Aboriginal Youth Driven Youth Program
• Youth Leadership training component
• Progression Towards Healthy Living, Healthy Lifestyle Choices and Self Reliance
• Develop a more focused and deliberate relationship with the Creator.
• Assist youth in returning to school and continuing formal education
• Increased Life Skills Competence
• Provide Access to Traditional Knowledge and Practices
• Develop and provide access to recreational activities
• Holistic Service Provision
• Establish a Relationship Between the Elders and Youth in our Community

What types of training or education does the Project/Program provide?

Life Skills Facilitator
The SFE Program offers a Life skills Facilitator to work with Aboriginal. The Life skills Facilitator is responsible for arranging life skills workshops and ensuring we meet the needs of the youth as to which workshops would be feasible and beneficial to the youth. Workshops Offered through the Life skills Facilitator:

• Stress Management
• Employment Readiness Workshops – Resumes, Interview Skills
• Youth and the Legal System
• Drug and Alcohol - Prevention, Awareness, Intervention
• STD'S – Prevention, Awareness, Intervention
• Listening Skills, Describing Feelings, Relating to Others
• Setting Goals
• Managing Money
• Problem Solving Skills
• Suicide Awareness and Prevention

Cultural and Recreational Activities
The SFE Program offers a wide variety of Cultural and Recreational programming.
In consultation with elders the SFE program is responsible for arranging and providing youth with access to appropriate and holistic recreational facilities and cultural activities.
Activities Offered:

• Youth Drop-in
• Sports Program: (mountain biking, wall climbing, floor hockey, basketball, volleyball etc..)
• Traditional Craft Making.
• Weekly pipe ceremony
• Bi-weekly sweatlodge ceremony
• Weekly elders circle
• Weekly drum class/practice
• Sharing and Prayer Circles

How Many Youth Participant in Your Program?
Over the course of one (1) year, the SFE Program provides service to 50 youth between the ages of 16 - 24.  Since the inception of this program in 2000, 90 youth have graduated from the SFE Program.

Photos above were taken at the SFE Retreat at Lac Labiche

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