Decolonized Harm Reduction

Decolonized Harm
Reduction

programs that focus on decolonized harm reduction include:

  • LAND-BASED HEALING

    Land-Based Healing: Since 2019, the ACEH has provided land-based healing camps for the ISF, resulting in positive outcomes at both the individual and community level. Participants report that the camps have been a catalyst for holistic change, leading to improved mental wellness and healing. The land-based experience is described as transformative, strengthening their spirit, self-identity, and community connection. The ACEH has done over 25 Camps, reaching approximately 125+ people.

  • INDIGENOUS ALCOHOL HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM

    Started in 2020, the IAHRRP is in its third year of operating, informed by the ACEH’s Elders and Knowledge Keepers Advisory. This program provides a culturally responsive milieu of Elder mentorship, ceremony, and staff who are educated in Indigenous traditions and protocols. This year, the IAHRRP shows promising practice with its integration of a cannabis substitution program.

  • YEḴ,ÁUTW̱ (PLACE OF HOPE) INDIGENOUS JUSTICE PROGRAM

    The YEḴ,ÁUTW̱ Justice Program assists First Nation, Inuit, and Métis individuals in navigating the justice system in a respectful way.  The goal is to make the justice system experience easier for Indigenous people to navigate justice and ensure the maintaining of support with Indigenous service providers and to ensure that an individual’s traditional culture is at the forefront.  What sets the YEḴ,ÁUTW̱ Program apart from other programs is that the YEḴ,ÁUTW̱ Program offers traditional healing practices along their journey.  To access services, please call our Community Services Office at 778-432-2234 or complete the Referral form linked below and email it to vwrede@acehsociety.com

  • CULTURALLY ALIGNED INTEGRATED SUPPORT (CAIS) PROGRAM

    Seven streams of wrap around services, offers up to $600 in rent for independent market housing for those who meet the eligibility. For program information and to access services, please call our Community Services Office at 778-432-2234 or complete the Referral form linked below and email it to outreach@acehsociety.com

additional programs & services.

We offer many additional programs & services:

  • Counselling

  • Cultural Mentorship
  • Culturally Aligned Integrated Support Framework (Rental Supplements)
  • Nursing
  • Outreach
  • Youth Program
  • YEḴ,ÁUTW̱ (Place of Hope) Indigenous Justice Program

With gratitude the ACEHS acknowledges the Lekwungen (Esquimalt and Songhees), Malahat, Pacheedaht, Scia’new, T’Sou-ke and W̱SÁNEĆ (Pauquachin, Tsartlip, Tsawout, Tseycum) peoples on whose ancestral homelands and unceded territories we gather, live, and work.