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PSEPC has put particular emphasis on developing activities for at-risk youth. Since 2001, several projects in Aboriginal communities across Canada have received funding for initiatives that involve police and youth. These projects include the following: Other projects have aimed to enhance communities’ capacity to prevent crime:
Six Nations Police Athletic League for Students (PALS) Life Skills 101Recipient:
Six Nations Police Service Duration:
August 15, 2002 to March 31, 2003
July 1, 2003 to March 31, 2004 Project description:
The Police Athletic League for Students (PALS) program has been a successful police-youth initiative since 1992. In the program, Aboriginal police officers participate weekly in sports and recreation activities with youth aged 6 to 12, with a particular focus on the ages of 11 and 12. PALS Life Skills 101 is designed to augment and extend the capacity of PALS to support at-risk Aboriginal youth in grades seven and eight. In the program, Six Nations Police support community-driven problem-solving to assist Aboriginal youth in learning from their mistakes and preventing future conflicts and violence. Life skills tools have been designed and implemented in elementary schools to deal with anti-social behaviour and conflicts. Life Skills 101 activities include field trips and drug awareness activities. The PALS Life Skills 101 aims to reduce school conflicts, helping students complete their studies and become positive role models for their peers. The 5th Season: The Healing Season (Phase I)Recipient:
Winnipeg Police Service Duration:
August 15, 2002 to March 31, 2003 Project description:
Through her music and her own life experiences, Inuk singer/songwriter Susan Aglukark opens up a dialogue with youth about some of the serious social issues facing youth today, including self-esteem, confidence and suicide. Phase I consists of a full-day interactive session that includes self-esteem and journal-writing exercises, and a performance by Susan Aglukark. Song themes include: prejudice and racism, emotional breakdown, trusting the voice within, and suicide. Four schools in northern Manitoba communities and three Winnipeg high schools hosted the sessions in the fall of 2002, reaching over 300 Aboriginal youth aged 12 to18 years. Indian Brook Police/Youth InitiativesRecipient:
Shubenacadie First Nation Duration:
November 19, 2001 to March 31, 2002
February 1, 2003 to December 19, 2003 Project description:
In the community of Indian Brook, Nova Scotia, RCMP officers from the local detachment organized several activities for Indian Brook youth. Community support for this initiative, which included sport activities, Police Big Brother outings and police-led field trips, was very high. A second contribution agreement was established to provide funding for activities in the 2003 calendar year. Activities funded in 2003 included: police-organized social activities for the Indian Brook School Winter Carnival and "Journey of Healing" crime prevention activities, including a medicine wheel workshop and a residential school talking circle. Nunavut Youth CorpsRecipient:
Nunavut Youth Corps Duration:
March 1, 2002 to March 31, 2003 Project description:
The Nunavut Youth Corps is a youth cadet corps designed to reach out to interested Nunavut youth and teach them cadet skills. Although similar to the RCMP cadet corps in Sasakatchewan, the Nunavut Youth Corps is designed to be a community-based initiative involving the RCMP, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Parks Canada and interested community members. In the Nunavut Youth Corps, youth participants receive exposure to the criminal justice and law enforcement fields, and are mentored by community members and RCMP officers. This initiative helps prevent crime by contributing to social development in Nunavut communities, establishing a cadre of Inuit youth for possible recruitment into the RCMP (recruits cannot have a criminal record, providing incentive to youth to avoid criminal activities), and increasing youth involvement in organized community activities. Stl'atl'imx Citizens on Patrol (COPS)Recipient:
Stl'atl'imx Tribal Police Duration:
August 15, 2002 to March 31, 2003 Project description:
In British Columbia, the Stl'atl'imx Tribal Police received funding to establish a Citizens on Patrol (COPS) network in 10 communities of the Stl'atl'imx Nation. Through the COPS network, volunteer citizens are trained to patrol their communities, recognize suspicious activities and report them to police. Although COPS volunteers are trained not to become involved in incidents, their visible presence in their communities and their close relationship with the Stl'atl'imx Tribal Police serves to increase the communities' capacity to prevent crime. Atikamekw Community-based Training on Suicide Intervention/RecognitionRecipient:
Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw Duration:
December 16, 2002 to March 31, 2003 Project description:
Funding was provided to the Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw to support the delivery of two training sessions on suicide intervention to 24 Atikamekw community professionals who work with at-risk youth. The five-day training sessions, originally developed by the RCMP in partnership with Suicide Prevention Training Programs (SPTP) and the Alberta division of the Canadian Mental Health Association, include: - Two days of suicide intervention training
- A one-day Healing Circle
- A component on Aboriginal spirituality
- Training in critical incident stress debriefing
- Training in community building.
The program takes a community-based approach to suicide intervention by linking existing national training resources to people and organizations at the community level. Community partnerships are essential to this process. Elders and community resources are invited to participate, ensuring that the workshop is tailored to local realities.
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