3. Partners, Planners and People
One of 12ACCESS OPEN MINDS

4. People, Partners, Planning
Aaschihkuwaataauch is a partnership of the Cree Nation of Mistissini, Cree Board of Health & Social Services of James Bay, and ACCESS Open Minds
ACCESS OPEN MINDS is a partnerships between the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, the Graham Boeckh Foundation and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, under Canada’s Strategy of Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR)
Over 300 people, including youth, family members and carers, service providers, researchers, members of community organizations, and policy-makers made this national project possible.
Including Mistissini, there are several other ACCESS Open Minds Indigenous sites:
Eskasoni First Nation, Nova Scotia,
Ulukhaktok, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories,
Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Saskatchewan,
Puvirnituq, Nunavik, Quebec,
Elsipogtog First Nation, New Brunswick.

6. People, Partners, Planning
Ashley Iserhoff, Director of Health & Social Development, Cree Nation of Mistissini
Gregory Brass, PPRO, SERC CBHSSJB
Jill Torrie, Assistant Director, SERC, CBHSSJB
Dr. Ashok Mala, Nominated Principal Investigator, Professor of Psychiatry, McGill
AOM Representatives: Ina Winklemann, Director of Services and Engagement & Jess Chisholm-Nelson, Director of Operations
Aaschihkuwaataauch Clinicians: Drs Gerald Kroetsch & Peggy O’Byrne
Aaschihkuwaataauch Research Coordinator: Dr Maria Gordon, Sabutaan Adult Education
Aaschihkuwaataauch is a locally combined effort to transform how youth and family mental health services are delivered in Mistissini
It will serve as a template on how to do this in other Cree communities across Eeyou Istchee

10. Mistissini HUB
Joint initiative of Cree Nation of Mistissini (Ashley Iserhoff) & Cree Nation Government Department of Justice (Don Nichols)
CBHSSJB, SERC maintains a facilitating role in this project
Primary consultant, Michael Chettleburgh (national leader in this field)
Started October 2016, initial discussions with consultant / schedule
Implementation / training September – December 2017
First HUB meeting: February , twice monthly after that
Interagency cooperation on situations of elevated & immediate risk to community well-being, i.e. gang violence, suicide pact, complex & severe domestic crisis
HUBs successfully implemented & functioning in many communities across the country, including FNs, i.e. Hobbema AB – gang violence
Mistissini is template community with goal to duplicate in other Cree communities