The CRUW Program brings together some of Vancouver’s most at risk Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal youth, to discuss and celebrate the diversity of the city, and engage in culturally relevant land-based practices promoting holistic and sustainable urban wellness. Our mission is to empower CRUW participants to identify, achieve, and reflect on goals for their personal, family and community capacity development and wellness in relation to the four CRUW objectives:
1. Honouring Our Diversity, with an emphasis on applying ancestral Aboriginal knowledge and practice to contemporary urban living;
2. Emotional and Cultural Competence, with an emphasis on breaking down stereotypes, bullying and discrimination;
3. Holistic Urban Wellness, with an emphasis on the prevention and reduction of substance misuse, positive mental health, and healthy life transitions; and
4. Mentorship, with an emphasis on peer mentorship and Elder-youth connections.
Research has shown that culturally relevant land-based engagements provide a space for education, healing and growth. By means of strength-based approaches over a sustained engagement of seven months, CRUW staff and Elders support the youth in meaningful transitions towards holistic and sustainable urban wellness.
CRUW runs annually, every second Saturday, from late March until late October. The program accepts 18 Aboriginal youth and nine non-Aboriginal youth, ages 12-15. Over this seven-month period on the farm, youth participants work with program staff, Aboriginal Elders and knowledge keepers, and other professionals in wide diversity of activities. On the farm the youth engage in three activities (a garden-based and two culturally-relevant activities).
Please see website link for details: http://www.vacfss.com/programs/cruw/
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