Ana Gomez-Carrillo Castro

Résumé Inuit Youth Futures (IYF) conducts a formative evaluation of a co-developed, culturally grounded, arts-based secondary and tertiary suicide prevention program supporting Inuit youth experiencing suicidality to re-engage with life, cope, and project themselves into the future. Delivered through a consistent, low-threshold Art Studio alongside Elders, Inuit artists, and mentors, IYF is life-affirming by design, […]

Résumé Indigenous youth are facing major mental health predicaments. Inuit youth are particularly at risk and show a high prevalence of suicide. The system struggles to offer proper services for these youth, not only because of insufficient resources but also because of major communication, collaboration, training and structural issues. Communities of Practice (CoP) have shown