Birch Program
About the birch program
A self-guided substance use recovery program that promotes spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical wellness; facilitated by First Nations mental wellness workforce. All birch resources are free to Indigenous & First Nations addictions treatment or mental wellness organizations across Canada.
Balance in the recovery journey
Birch aims to provide folks with supports that can restore a sense of balance in their recovery journey and encourage folks to live with a broader sense of hope, belonging, meaning, and purpose.
HOPE for their future and those of their families that is grounded in a sense of identity, unique Indigenous values, and having a belief in spirit.
a sense of BELONGING and connectedness within their families, to community, and to culture.
MEANING and understanding of how their lives and those of their families and communities are part of creation and a rich history.
a sense of PURPOSE in their daily lives whether it is through education, employment, care-giving activities, or cultural ways of being and doing.
Birch program materials
self-guided printable workbooks
individual skill handouts + worksheets
virtual teaching presentation slide decks
self-guided printable workbooks
individual skill handouts + worksheets
People behind the birch program
knowledge + experience working with Indigenous folks
The skills you will learn in the birch program were designed by and reviewed by a circle of knowledge keepers, Elders, community leaders, mental health professionals, and service providers who share knowledge and experience working with Indigenous folks across community-based, land-based, residential-care based settings.
These skills are those that can complement community-based healing and supports you may be accessing and are grounded in our teachings of emotional, physical, spiritual, and mental balance.
The birch program has been developed by Thunderbird Partnership Foundation. Thunderbird Partnership Foundation is an organization that works directly with First Nations to further the capacity of communities to address substance use and addiction.
