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School health programs and approaches initially developed in Europe, Canada, the United States of America and the Western Pacific in response to their respective dominant, western cultures and traditions. Although these comprehensive school health strategies are intended to be holistic and rooted in the local context of the schools and communities in which they are implemented, research and practice has shown that current CSH programs are often not sufficiently relevant to the cultures and contexts of Aboriginal and indigenous regions, schools and students.

A redesign of school-based and school-linked approaches, programs and practices based on the strengths, traditions and values of Aboriginal communities is needed. This redesign process must build on the excellent work already done in several tribes, countries and states/provinces/territories as well as identify and address the current priorities for school health as identified by the Aboriginal communities.

Key Aboriginal leaders and practitioners, policy-makers and researchers- those who can provide an authentic voice for the issues- are being invited to participate in a dialogue circle, in order to identify and focus on the culturally appropriate approaches and priority wellness issues relevant to Aboriginal communities.

This international dialogue will be conducted in a series of meetings, conference calls, web meetings, presentations and on-line dialogue through this wiki. The leadership for this discussion will come from aboriginal communities and school health leaders in several countries. Support has come from three Canadian knowledge organizations. Several national school health associations from different countries are assisting with the project.

How to use this wiki

To participate in this on-line wiki-based dialogue, you can use the "Thread" button found on the bottom of each page to make comments on the content on that page. You can also make a comment directly into the Discussion Forum (found on the top navigation bar).You can also edit and add text within the page by clicking on the "Easy Edit" button. Use the commands within that Easy Edit tool to add links to other web sites or documents. You can also add other pages to the wiki by using the "Add Page" button found just below the navigation bar on the left hand side of the page.

You can make the comments and edits and additions anonymously because we have left this wiki wide open to the public. If you want to let people know who made the change or suggestion, use the Join this Wiki found in the right hand side of the top navigation bar to create a little profile for your self. By joining the wiki (no charge, no spam) you can use the tools within the wiki to control the email you receive from this wiki (including none), post messages for other members and choose to "watch" or "unwatch" selected pages within the wiki.

If you want to make a comment or suggestion through email, or would like more information, contact Shirley Tagalik (Tagaliktwo@hotmail.com)

If you want to learn more about how to use the tools within this wiki, go to the "how to" wetpaint FAQ page or you can even go to the wetpaint "sandbox", where you can test out the various tools without editing an existing wiki.

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