CRUW success: empowering urban youth

The Culturally Relevant Urban Wellness (CRUW) program has been developed through a partnership between Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society (VACFSS), the UBC Institute for Aboriginal Health (IAH), and Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS). The program targets Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal youth at risk (some of whom are in foster care) in Vancouver, BC, and seeks to empower these youth through strength-based programming grounded in both evidence-based research and the wisdom and lived experience of Aboriginal elders and knowledge keepers. The term “Aboriginal” refers to the First Nations, Inuit and Métis people of Canada.