The Medicine Wheel Spiritual

• Why did we create this?

• Long-term impacts of
Residential schools
• Generations of
traumatized Indigenous
youth and a fragmentary
worldview
Physical
• How do we address Emotional
intergenerational trauma of the
Indigenous in schools?
• Safe, open, inclusive
schools
• Holistic wellbeing in
students
Mental

By: Mike Enman, Kamalpreet Kaler, Megan McClary,

Aisha Qureshi, & Laura Wostradowski
 Spiritual
• Seek understanding
• Acknowledge
• Respect
(Carpenter, C. H. , 2015)

(D’Amours, J. K., 2015)

(Hyraxattax, 2011)

(Southern First Nations, 2019)

(Chretien, 2019)
 (Greens MPs, 2015)
Physical
• Body breaks
• Safe environment (Payravi, 2009)

• Options for medical

care

(Thinkstock, n.d.)
(Jose, 2019)
 Mental
(Neptunesock, n.d.)
• Breaking the stigma
• Outlets for mental
stress
• Participation

(Bennee, 2010)

(Minidoodle, 2012)
 Emotional

• Connection to others
(McMurdie, 2019)
• Help to manage stress
• Help students develop
strength with overcoming
strong emotions, such as
anger
• Express both positive and
negative emotions
• Practise self-care (Rawpixel, n.d.)

• Find something you feel

good doing

(Kamb, 2012)
 Spiritual
• Seek
understanding
• Acknowledge
Emotional • Respect
• Connection to others
• Help to manage stress
• Help students develop Physical
strength with • Body breaks
overcoming strong
• Safe environment
emotions, such as
anger • Options for
• Express both positive medical care
and negative emotions
• Practise self-care
• Find something you feel Mental
good doing • Breaking the
stigma
• Outlets for mental
stress
• Participation
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