ATOHTITAM: Becoming of Age Inspiring healthy sexuality and wellness through “Identity Healing” to prevent, reduce, and eliminate HIV/HCV/STBBI inequities among Indigenous youth in Saskatchewan
Logo creation by Jade Roberts. Find more of her work here: https://www.jadeleviroberts.com/
Music Acknowledgement in the video – The atohtitam song is a love song. Songmaker is Judy Star. Singers are Candace Gadwa, Trisha Goodwill, Desirae Desnomie and Raelene Hunt (The Pretty Indian Girls). This group came together for healing and together they embraced humor and strength. Here's a link to some of their other stuff: https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/pretty-indian-girls-make-round-dance-cool-1.3541278
This project aims to create a culture- and land-based wellness program for Saskatchewan public schools, including resources for families. This project will promote sexual health and gender diversity among Indigenous youth in Saskatchewan through First Nations and Métis perspectives. We want to create sharing and learning opportunities that inspire Indigenous youth in Saskatchewan to be grounded in cultural wisdom on sexual health and sexuality to support youth in engaging in behaviors which promote their overall wellness. We will be gathering information from youth, teachers, and Elders to help us in our curriculum design. We will then be piloting this curriculum in public schools across Saskatchewan.
We are funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and approved by the University of Saskatchewan Behavioural Research Ethics Board (BEH ID-3659).
Our Team
Dr. Amanda Froehlich Chow is the Principal Investigator on this project, she holds an Assistant Professor position at the School of Public Health in the University of Saskatchewan. We are working with diverse stakeholders within different departments in the University as well as several community partners. Organizational partners include: Nutana Collegiate, Waniska Centre, Regina Treaty/Status Indian Services (RT/SIS), Métis Nation – Saskatchewan, Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN): Women’s Secretariat, All Nations Hope Network, among several individual representatives from other organizations.
