b'ADDICTIONS SUPPORTfollows traditional activities such as canoeing, fishing and medicine picking, while in the fall participants typically set up a community hunt camp before paddling 200 km home to Manitoulin Island. Winter programming involves storytelling, crafting, lots of snowshoeing and traditional games before the start of maple syrup production in the spring. There are also opportunities for reflec-tion through journaling and assign-ments. As Gilchrist emphasizes, They have to get comfortable with being uncomfortable and sitting with their own thoughts and utilizing other coping methods as opposed to substances they might have been using before. Ultimately when we look at our mission and our vision, we want to have healthy communities.- Sam GilchristWhile there are a lot of 21-day programs, Gilchrist believes that a lot of folks are looking for something longer. Were trying to address trauma and that trauma is ingrained and intergenera-tional. Sometimes 21 days just isnt going to cut it. The second phase is the live-in after-care portiona supported independent living environment in a group home. The new RAAM clinic in Fort William First Nation operates out of the DilicoAnishinabek Family Care building.PARTNER WITH US FOR YOURFAST TRACK TO SUCCESS!PUBLISHINGDIGITALContact Robert Thompson 1.647.494.4229 www.mediaedge.ca ADVERTISING34l I ssue1 2021C hIefs ofo ntarIoA dvocAte magazIne'