Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's the second phase of Cuystwi. That's built off the initial program we started for 10- to 12-year-olds. The communities we worked with said that they wanted some programming for youth who are a little bit older. As you can see on the slides, it's set up as a quest map so that's what it would look like online if you went into it and logged onto the training.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  With that, I'd just like to say we couldn't do without our partners. We have many, including the Cowichan Tribes, Daylu Dena Council, Nisga’a, and may more. Thank you.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would say that in our organization and in our team, yes. I can't really speak to the broader context. As you'll notice, our project is called the indigenous youth wellness project; it's not called the suicide prevention program. That was the advice from youth; they were not interested in going to a program that had the word “suicide” or “mental health” in it.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm not sure I fully understand the question.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, for sure. Provincial Health Services Authority has, I believe, maybe nine or 10 different agencies within it. There's the Chee Mamuk aboriginal health program. There are specific rural and perinatal services. B.C. Women's has a director of indigenous health, as well as aboriginal patient liaisons.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Generally, I would say no. Our program doesn't actually do any direct health care service delivery. We have our indigenous youth wellness program and the indigenous cultural safety program. Those are the two branches within our specific part of PHSA.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  All our contacts with the indigenous youth wellness program are in Vancouver. They facilitate our gatherings. Going to youth conferences, and stuff like that, is our way to network and grow our network, to find people who are interested in doing work with us, but we aren't—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No, we don't do direct health care delivery in any form in our specific program.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee, for this opportunity to present to you today. I'd like to start by acknowledging that we are on unceded traditional ancestral territory of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh first nations. My name is Gabriella Emery. I am from the 'Namgis First Nation.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  To get started today, we're going to be talking to you about our upstream suicide prevention program called Cuystwi. As we know, indigenous suicide isn't a new issue in Canada. It was established as a priority action area in the “Transformative Change Accord: First Nations Health Plan” back in 2005.