ᐃᓅᓯᑦᑕ ᓇᒧᙵᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕆᔭᖓ
The Training Floor: Our Life's Journey
ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᒃᑲᑕᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᓕᕆᔨᔅᓴᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᑦ
Down here is where the counsellors come from. Ilisaqsivik has delivered Our Life's Journey, the Inuit Counsellor Training Program, for 15 years. 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.
Five floors down: the modules
Floor 1 · Module 1
Foundations
Counselling Fundamentals, Practice and Theories I · Self Care, Self Awareness, Self Management and Self Responsibility
Floor 2 · Module 2
Loss and trauma
Loss and Grief · Trauma and Recovery
Floor 3 · Module 3
Addictions and knowledge
Addictions and Treatment · Inuit Knowledge, Counselling and Interventions
Floor 4 · Module 4
Harm and history
Abuse, Violence, Controlling and Hurtful Behaviours · The Inuit: A Historical Overview
Floor 5 · Module 5
Family and community
Family, Community and Social Systems · Counselling Fundamentals, Practices and Theories II
Where the training surfaces
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.