INUNNGUINIQ (CHILDREARING)

Developing and piloting an evidence-based intervention to support high-risk families who experience family violence in Nunavut

The Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre in Nunavut is adapting and evaluating the Inunnguiniq Parenting Program for high-risk parents and caregivers who are involved in the criminal justice system, accessing social services, and/or are in treatment for substance abuse. The intervention works to revive Inuit pathways to wellness, building on Inuit societal values and the importance of family connections and rearing children through a strengths-based and holistic approach. This intervention addresses the root causes of family violence including intergenerational trauma and disrupted parent-child attachments resulting from the traumatic experiences of the settlement and residential school eras.

Learn more:  Inunnguiniq Parenting/Childrearing Program - Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre (qhrc.ca)

Project at a glance:

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What we found:

Final report:

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Inunnguiniq video

About our centre

A video about our youth-focused Makimautiksat Program

REFERENCES

MUIR, N., BOHR, Y., SHEPHERD, M.H., HEALEY AKEAROK, GK., WARNE, D. (2019) Indigenous Parenting Chapter 5 IN Handbook of Parenting, Volume 4: Social Conditions and Applied Parenting, Ed. Bornstein, M.H. London: Routledge.

HEALEY, G.K. (2018) Exploring the development of a health care model based on Inuit wellness concepts as part of self-determination and improving wellness in Northern communities. Underserved: Health determinants for Indigenous, Inner-city and migrant populations in Canada. Piggot, T, & Arya, N. Eds. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press.

HEALEY, G.K. (2017) The Inunnguiniq Parenting Program: A case study in Nunavut. Chapter in ROBINSON VOLLMAN - Canadian Community as Partner, 4th edition. Wolters Kluwer Health: Baltimore, MD