Finding Our Power Together

April is Autism Awareness Month⁠ ⁠ We’re sharing what most people aren’t talking about when it comes to supporting Indigenous autistic youth⁠ ⁠ If this resonates with you, there are a few ways to connect with us 💛⁠ ⁠ Whether you’re:⁠ looking for support⁠ supporting someone in your life⁠ or interested in research in this area⁠ ⁠ We’d love to connect!⁠ ⁠ ⁠ [email protected]⁠ 416-536-3676⁠ ⁠ #AutismAwarenessMonth #IndigenousYouth #Neurodiversity #IndigenousMentalHealth #FindingOurPowerTogether

🌱✨️ April 2026 at Finding Our Power Together ✨️🌱⁠ Here’s what’s available this month — we’re holding space for connection, healing, and support every step of the way 🤍⁠ Whether you’re reaching out for the first time or continuing your journey, our team is here to walk alongside you in a good way.⁠ 🧠Mental Health Intakes⁠ Available Monday–Friday (Online | 10AM–10PM EST)⁠ A supportive first step to connect you with the right mental health services and supports.⁠ ☎️Support On Demand⁠ Available Monday–Friday (Online | 10AM–10PM EST)⁠ For moments when you need someone to talk to — no wait, no judgment, same-day support from our team.⁠ 🔥 Fasting Camp Info Session (Online)⁠ 📅 April 15 | 6:00–7:30PM EST (Zoom)⁠ Curious about fasting camp? Come join us, learn more about the ceremony, and ask questions directly to the helpers. This is a great space to understand what to expect and see if this journey feels right for you 🌿⁠ 🏕️ Fasting Camp Ceremony⁠ 📅 April 30 – May 3⁠ Registration is now OPEN ✨️⁠ This is a powerful, land-based ceremony for Indigenous youth to connect with spirit, community, and self through guided teachings and fasting. If you’ve been feeling called, we encourage you to take that step.⁠ 🌿 If you’re thinking about attending but unsure — the info session is the best place to start. Come as you are, bring your questions, and sit with us.⁠ All of our offerings are grounded in culture, community, and care — held by Indigenous staff and Knowledge Keepers 🤍⁠ 🔗 Register, learn more, or reach out:⁠ ⁠ 📩 [email protected]⁠ ☎️ 416-536-3676

Thinking about reaching out for support but not sure what to expect? 💭💻⁠ ⁠ Meet Kaiya, one of the intake workers at Finding Our Power Together. Your first session (aka an intake) is just a conversation where we get to know you and what kind of support you’re looking for. 💬⁠ ⁠ Whether it’s counseling, mentorship, or cultural healing — we’ve got you. You don’t have to share anything you’re not ready for. Everything is confidential and at your pace. ❤️‍🩹⁠ ⁠ We’re here to support you through whatever you’re facing.⁠ ⁠ 📅 Book an intake today at ⁠ 📥 Or DM us to ask questions or get matched!⁠ ⁠ #IndigenousYouth #MentalHealthSupport #TherapyIsForUs #FindingOurPowerTogether #DBT #CulturalHealing #YouthWellness #FOPT

Cultural sessions are back this spring at FOPT! 🌿⁠ ⁠ Book a one-on-one session with James Carpenter or Nyle Johnston for cultural and spiritual support, reflection, guidance, and connection.⁠ These sessions are a chance to sit with a Traditional Knowledge Carrier in a good way, whether you’re moving through grief, stress, life changes, reconnection, or just needing space to talk.⁠ ⁠ Upcoming sessions:⁠ 🔥 James Carpenter⁠ 📅 May 26⁠ ⁠ 🔥 Nyle Johnston⁠ 📅 June 16⁠ ⁠ Sessions are available:⁠ 📍 In person at 664 Bloor St. W, Toronto⁠ 💻 Online through Jane, available across Canada⁠ ⁠ To book, visit:⁠ ⁠ ⁠ Questions? DM us or call 416-536-3676.⁠ ⁠ #CulturalCounselling #IndigenousWellness #IndigenousHealing #TraditionalKnowledge #FindingOurPowerTogether #CultureIsHealing #CommunityCare #IndigenousSupport

If you work in community, mental health, youth services, education, policy, or research in the GTA, this one is for you.⁠ ⁠ Our team at Finding Our Power Together has been working with Indigenous youth to better understand how they navigate the mental health system in the Greater Toronto Area, including what helps, what harms, where youth get stuck, and what needs to change.⁠ ⁠ On May 26 at 12:00 PM, we’re hosting an online Lunch & Learn to share insights from the Bridging the Gaps Study, including youth journey mapping, research findings, and reflections from our team.⁠ ⁠ This session is especially relevant for service providers, community workers, educators, policymakers, researchers, students, and organizations working with Indigenous youth.⁠ ⁠ Come learn with us and think through what these findings mean for your day-to-day work, your programs, and the systems we are trying to change.⁠ ⁠ Register today:⁠ 🌐 ⁠ ⁠ #BridgingTheGaps #IndigenousYouth #IndigenousMentalHealth #YouthMentalHealth #GTACommunity #SystemsChange #CommunityBasedResearch #IndigenousResearch #MentalHealthServices #FindingOurPowerTogether

Need someone to talk to?⁠ ⁠ FOPT offers counselling and mental health support for Indigenous youth, adults, families, and community members across Canada.⁠ Booking an intake is the first step. It’s a short conversation where we learn more about what kind of support you’re looking for and help connect you with the right counsellor or service.⁠ ⁠ Counselling is available on a sliding scale, and NIHB-covered counselling may be available for eligible First Nations and Inuit clients.⁠ You can reach out if you’re dealing with stress, grief, anxiety, low mood, big life changes, family stuff, identity questions, or if you just need someone to talk to.⁠ ⁠ Book your counselling intake today:⁠ 🌐 ⁠ 📧 [email protected]⁠ 📞 416-536-3676⁠ ⁠ Questions? DM us.⁠ ⁠ #FindingOurPowerTogether #IndigenousMentalHealth #IndigenousWellness #CounsellingSupport #NIHB #SlidingScaleCounselling #IndigenousYouth #CommunityCare

How do Indigenous youth actually experience the mental health system in the GTA?⁠ ⁠ On May 26, join us for a Lunch & Learn sharing key findings from the Bridging the Gaps Study, a community-based research project exploring how Indigenous youth navigate mental health services, supports, barriers, and systems in the Greater Toronto Area. This session will bring together research insights, youth journey mapping, and multiple analytical perspectives to help us think differently about practice, policy, and systems change.⁠ ⁠ Led by Dr. Nicole Ineese-Nash, with poster presentations from Breanna Berry, Richelle Sauve, Joshua Parkins, and Keelin Eastveld, this event is for service providers, educators, researchers, policymakers, community organizations, students, and anyone working to better support Indigenous youth.⁠ ⁠ If we want systems to work better for Indigenous youth, we need to understand the journeys youth are already navigating and where those systems are creating gaps, barriers, and opportunities for change.⁠ ⁠ Event details:⁠ 📅 May 26, 2026⁠ ⏰ 12:00 PM⁠ 💻 Online⁠ 🎤 Lunch & Learn⁠ ⁠ Register today:⁠ 🌐 ⁠ ⁠ #BridgingTheGaps #IndigenousYouth #IndigenousMentalHealth #YouthMentalHealth #SystemsChange #CommunityBasedResearch #IndigenousResearch #MentalHealthSystems #FindingOurPowerTogether #LunchAndLearn

Miigwech to everyone who was part of our Spring 2026 Fasting Camp 🔥⁠ ⁠ Indigenous peoples across Turtle Island have fasting ceremonies, and we fast for many reasons. We fast for healing, clarity, our families, our communities, our ancestors, and the generations still coming. We fast to remember who we are and what we are connected to.⁠ ⁠ This weekend, our fasters showed so much courage, humility, and strength. Fasting is not easy. It asks you to prepare yourself, step away from the noise of everyday life, be with the land, listen, pray, reflect, and reconnect with the teachings, ceremonies, responsibilities, and relationships that carry us.⁠ ⁠ Miigwech to our fasters, helpers, and community for helping us hold this ceremony in a good way. We are honoured to walk this path alongside our Indinawemaaganidog, our relations, to honour our ancestors and pray for the next seven generations to come.⁠ ⁠ At Finding Our Power Together, our mission is to end preventable death by suicide in our communities and support our people to not only survive, but thrive. For us, suicide prevention is not only about responding when someone is already in crisis. It is also about creating spaces, relationships, teachings, and experiences that help our people feel connected, loved, and like they belong.⁠ ⁠ If your community is interested in bringing experiences like this to your youth, families, or team, connect with us.⁠ ⁠ Want to support ceremonies like this? Donate today! (link on our website)⁠ ⁠ 📧 [email protected]⁠ 📞 416-536-3676⁠ 🌐 ⁠ ⁠ #FindingOurPowerTogether #FastingCamp #IndigenousWellness #LandBasedHealing #CultureIsPrevention #IndigenousYouth #SuicidePrevention #CommunityCare #IndigenousMentalHealth

Are you an Indigenous youth in the GTA ages 14-29? We would love to hear from you to inform the Indigenous Healing Lodge Project in partnership with the United Way. ⁠ 🌿⁠ Now is the time to get involved and have your voice heard! ⁠ 🌿⁠ Email [email protected] or click the link in bio to express interest today! ⁠ ⁠ #FindingOurPowerTogether #gta #Indigenous #healing #culture

Are you an Indigenous youth looking to build your mental health bundle? 🌿⁠ ⁠ Want cultural teachings, real tools, and a supportive community to help with stress, emotions, coping, relationships, and everyday wellness?⁠ ⁠ This is your LAST CHANCE to join Building Our Bundle for the Spring Cohort! 🚨⁠ ⁠ If you’ve been wanting support with your mental health, but don’t want something that feels clinical, awkward, or disconnected from who you are, this group was made for you! And we start TOMORROW!⁠ ⁠ Building Our Bundle is an online mental health skills group for Indigenous youth ages 14–29 across Canada. Over 8 weeks, you’ll learn practical skills for stress, big emotions, relationships, boundaries, and wellness while connecting with culture, community, and other Indigenous youth. It’s a bundle you can actually carry with you. ❤️⁠ ⁠ Program details:⁠ 🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏽 Open to Indigenous youth ages 14–29 across Canada⁠ 📅 Every Thursday starting May 7, 2026⁠ ⏰ 6 PM EST / 3 PM PST⁠ 💻 Online⁠ 📝 Registration required⁠ ⁠ Register now: ⁠ ⁠ Questions? DM us or email [email protected] ✉️⁠ ⁠ Can’t join us this time? Our Fall Building Our Bundle cohort starts in October! Get in touch to be added to the pre-registration list.⁠ ⁠ #BuildingOurBundle #IndigenousYouth #IndigenousMentalHealth #YouthWellness #MentalHealthSkills #IndigenousWellness #CommunityCare #FindingOurPowerTogether

May 5 is Red Dress Day. ❤️⁠ ⁠ Today, we honour and remember Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ people.⁠ ⁠ Indigenous women and girls continue to experience disproportionate violence. According to Statistics Canada, Indigenous women and girls are six times more likely to be victims of homicide than their non-Indigenous counterparts in Canada. ⁠ ⁠ Red Dress Day calls us to remember the lives and spirits of MMIWG2S, to stand with families and communities seeking justice, and to continue building systems of care, safety, and accountability.⁠ ⁠ If today feels heavy, you do not have to walk alone. Finding Our Power Together offers free support and professional counselling for Indigenous people.⁠ ⁠ 📧 [email protected]⁠ 📞 416-536-3676⁠ 🌐 ⁠ ⁠ #RedDressDay #MMIWG2S #MMIWG #NoMoreStolenSisters #IndigenousMentalHealth #IndigenousWellness #FindingOurPowerTogether⁠

“This program helped me so much on my healing journey…” 💛⁠ ⁠ This is what we hear from youth who have been part of Building Our Bundle⁠ ⁠ A space where you’re not judged, not rushed, and not expected to show up a certain way. Just supported, seen, and able to be yourself⁠ ⁠ Building Our Bundle™ is our Indigenous mental health skills group for youth⁠ ⁠ You’ll learn:⁠ ✨ practical tools to manage stress and emotions⁠ ✨ skills grounded in DBT and lived experience⁠ ✨ cultural teachings that connect you back to yourself⁠ ✨ how to build your own “bundle” of supports⁠ ⁠ Spring cohort is now open!!!⁠ ⁠ 📍 Online across Canada⁠ 👥 Indigenous youth (ages 14–29)⁠ 💻 Free to join⁠ ⁠ If you’re looking for support, community, or just a place to start — this is for you⁠ ⁠ Register now to save your spot!⁠ DM us your questions⁠ Tag someone who should join with you⁠ ⁠ ⁠ [email protected]⁠ 416-536-3676