ᐃᓅᓯᑦᑕ ᓇᒧᙵᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕆᔭᖓ
Our Life's Journey
ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᒃᑲᑕᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᓕᕆᔨᔅᓴᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᑦ
Ilisaqsivik has been delivering Our Life's Journey, the Inuit Counsellor Training Program, for 15 years. It was created in 2012 in response to the acute need for counselling by Inuit, for Inuit. It is the only Inuktitut-language counsellor training and mentorship program in Nunavut, blending Inuit and Southern healing methods.
Many graduates are accredited counsellors through the Indigenous Certification Board of Canada (ICBOC). Ilisaqsivik also runs the Mobile Trauma Crisis Response Team, staffed by Inuit graduates of Our Life's Journey for the Baffin Region for the Government of Nunavut, Department of Health. Counsellor training cohorts typically include 50% participants from Clyde River and the rest from elsewhere in Nunavut.
The five modules, as published
Module 1
Counselling Fundamentals, Practice and Theories I · Self Care, Self Awareness, Self Management and Self Responsibility
Module 2
Loss and Grief · Trauma and Recovery
Module 3
Addictions and Treatment · Inuit Knowledge, Counselling and Interventions
Module 4
Abuse, Violence, Controlling and Hurtful Behaviours · The Inuit: A Historical Overview
Module 5
Family, Community and Social Systems · Counselling Fundamentals, Practices and Theories II
Where graduates work
Training leads back into the work: accredited counsellors serving their own communities, and the Mobile Trauma Crisis Response Team answering calls across the Baffin Region.
