Opiponapiwin / South Indian Lake Community Wellness & Response Support

Provided ongoing consulting, facilitation, training, and planning support in Opiponapiwin / South Indian Lake, with a focus on community wellness, harm reduction, family violence prevention, youth engagement, Elders engagement, and practical community response planning.

This work included supporting NNADAP-related wellness initiatives, facilitating community-based learning opportunities, gathering community voice, developing reports, and supporting early planning related to substance use, toxic drug crisis response, grief, safety, and community wellness.

This larger body of work included several connected projects:

Community Wellness Week — facilitated wellness-focused sessions using practical, hands-on, trauma-informed activities to support emotional wellness, reflection, coping skills, and community connection.
Family Violence Prevention Week — developed and facilitated sessions focused on family violence awareness, safety planning, de-escalation, trauma-informed support, healing, accountability, and community-based response.
Youth Café — facilitated youth engagement to gather young people’s perspectives on safety, wellness, identity, programming needs, support systems, and what youth need to feel connected and supported.
Elders Tea & Bannock Gathering — supported an Elders engagement session to hear community wisdom, wellness priorities, concerns, and recommendations connected to prevention, protective factors, and community wellness.
Drug Crisis & Harm Reduction Response Planning — supported early planning conversations related to substance use, harm reduction, overdose prevention, community safety, frontline response, and the need for coordinated action across programs and services.

This work reflects Lisa Currier Consulting’s Medicine in Our Hands approach: strengthening what already exists in community, supporting local helpers, gathering community voice, and building practical tools that can support wellness, planning, and action.