ogimaakwegButterfly Club youth share how community of sisterhood positively impacts mental wellness

IntroductionsMedicine picking

Festival du Voyageur

The Butterfly Club

• Leadership and mentorship program

• Indigenous girls and two spirit youth

• 9 to 13 years old

Curriculum:• Indigenous culture• Land stewardship• Self-development• Community

involvement

Assiniboine Park

Mental Wellness

Holistic:• Physical• Spiritual• Emotional• Mental

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Mentorship

Festival du Voyageur

Fort Whyte Bison herd

How a community of sisterhood supports youth mental wellness

CharlieCritter dipping

Games

Cassidy

Fishing

Dress up

Rose Lee

Drum performance

Sabrina

Assiniboine Park

Jingle Dress Dancing

AutumnButterfly Club Youth Mentor

Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Festival du Voyageur

Questions?

Some conclusionsSnowshoeing at Oak Hammock Marsh

MegButterfly Club Mentor

Sweatlodge

The Mentors

Children’s Song Keeping the Fires Burning 2018