Our Live Performances are structured to Shock & Compel your Youth to Engage in an Open Floor Discussion about Resolving Abuse as seen through eyes of our victim, essentially arming them with the Tools Needed to either Speak Out in the face of abuse on their own behalf when faced with it or Intervein on another’s when witness to it.
The success of our Workshops is that they Visually & Physically Identify & Expose the Signs & Symptoms of Bullying, Abuse, Addiction Depression & Suicide through scripted scenes by allowing students to stop the play every time they witness anything Negative, Hurtful or Destructive.
Once students identify the abuse, we Lead them into an Open Floor Discussion that includes Performers, Teachers & Members about what the abuse is, and how best to Resolve or Eliminate the abuse, by Transforming Attitudes into Actions.
For more Information or to Book your choice of 14 Life Skills Workshops, please contact the Programs Director @ 587-973-0202.
Backyard Wrestling
Don’t Do It! Ever!
Doctors have said that the backyard wrestlers have potential for serious injuries, including head injuries, brain damage, spine injury and paralysis and one teen was left paralyzed after trying a professional wrestling move at home. Nearly two dozen backyard wrestlers were killed between 1995 & 1996.
Bully Prevention & Cyber Attacks 
Recognizing & Exposing It
Bullying experiences of First Nations, Metis & Inuit Youth is particularly concerning, as these youth are at a higher risk for bullying and its related consequences due to the cultural marginalization and systemic inequalities experienced by Indigenous peoples nationwide.
Conflict Resolution & Anti-Racism
Communication & Common Ground
Although we live in a multicultural society, the appearance of diversity and equality masks systemic racism in the lives of our people in Implicit or unspoken ways that work to Marginalize and disregard individuals and communities. Discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, and skin colour is a violation of people’s dignity, which can affect their ability to access basic services and the opportunities available to others.
Drug & Alcohol Addiction
Causes & its Cure
Indigenous youth are at 5 times higher risk of being smokers, consuming alcohol and using drugs compared to non-Indigenous youth.
In our Drug & Alcohol Addiction Workshop we take student and teacher volunteers to role play groups of youth at school, hanging out and gathering when suddenly they are confronted with drugs and alcohol and a choice has to be made by the youth. At this stage of the performance, we come in, stop the scene and go into a full-on open floor discussion on how to deal with peer pressure, shame, intimidation and keeping up their reputation when youth are confronted with prescription & street drugs, alcohol and other harmful substances that are made available to them.
Family Values & Respect
Reclaiming Our Identity, Language & Culture
“Saving indigenous family values and language is crucial to ensure the protection of the cultural identity and dignity of indigenous peoples and safeguard their traditional heritage,” said Professor Megan Davis, Chair of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. … The importance of family values & language cannot be undervalued
For indigenous peoples, family & language not only identify our origin or membership in a community, but they also carry the ethical values of their ancestors – the indigenous knowledge systems that makes us one with the land and are crucial to our survival and to the hopes and aspirations of our YOUTH.
Family Violence
Reach Out & Speak Out
In 2018, police serving majority Indigenous populations reported an overall crime rate of 30,333 incidents per 100,000 population, or about 3 criminal incidents reported for every 10 people living in the community.
Healthy Living
Connecting with Earth & Our Heritage
Indigenous peoples Healthy Living view both themselves and nature as part of an extended ecological family that shares ancestry and origins. It is an awareness that life in any environment is viable only when humans view the life surrounding them as kin. The kin, or relatives, include all the natural elements of an ecosystem.
Sexual Abuse & Self Defense
Fighting Back
This article is derived from a report named “A Review of Research on Criminal Victimization & First Nations, Métis & Inuit Peoples over an 18 Year Period. This study found that 40% of Indigenous Canadians reported having been a victim of a violent crime in the year leading up to the survey. With respect to violent crimes, Indigenous people are 3 Times more likely to have been victimized compared to non-Indigenous people. These statistics confirm that Indigenous people are disproportionately represented as victims of crime in Canada. Perpetrators of violence against Indigenous people are most often other members of the Indigenous community such as spouses, relatives, or friends of the victim.
Suicide Prevention
Help is Available
In the current analyses, among the 851,280 First Nations people, including status and non-status individuals, living on and off reserve and in private dwellings estimated that 1,180 people died by suicide between 2011 & 2016.
This resulted in an age-standardized suicide rate of 24.3 deaths per 100,000 person-years at risk, which was 3 Times Higher than the suicide rate among Non-Indigenous People.
Truth & Reconciliation
94 Calls to Action
The FNMI is committed to answering the Youth Programs Call to Action #66 and commit to delivering Programs on Truth & Reconciliation through our Live Theatrical Workshops & Establish a National Network to share Information & Best Practices.