About the Clear Hills Youth Treatment Centre

CHYTC Mission & Vision

Mission

Nanaskomaow Kisemanito, The Clear Hills Youth Treatment Centre is a distinctive healing and treatment program based on Indigenous traditions, ceremony, culture, and land-based teachings.

Vision

Nanaskomaow Kisemanito, using teachings left to us from our ancestors, the Clear Hills Youth Treatment Centre will offer programming that ensures every youth’s unique healing journey to strengthening the belief in oneself is supported through First Nation culture and western approaches to recovery and wellness.

CHYTC Governance

Clear Hills Youth Treatment Centre Board Appointments will be on 5-year Terms Board Composition includes:
  • Chief from Horse Lake First Nation: Dallas Ferguson
  • Council Member from Horse Lake First Nation: Bruce Horseman
  • Representative from Treaty 6: Wanda Arcand-Whitford
  • Representative from Treaty 7: Aaron Khan
  • Representative from Treaty 8: Delainah Walker
Elders and Youth Advisory Groups will support decision making within the Executive Board as Subject Matter Experts in the formal Board Structure.

CHYTC Philosophy

CHYTC Stakeholders

  • Horse Lake First Nation
  • First Nation Communities in Alberta (Treaty No. 6, Treaty No. 7, and Treaty No. 8)
  • First Nation Elders (Traditional Healers, Knowledge Teachers) & Youth Representatives
  • Government of Canada (First Nations Inuit Health Branch)
  • Government of Alberta
  • Industry Partners
  • Alberta Health Services (North Zone)
  • Alberta Education
  • Post Secondary Institutes in Alberta
  • Youth Solvent Addiction Committee (YSAC)
  • Canadian Accreditation Council and Staff Certification Bodies
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Delegated First Nation Agencies
  • Social Services Agencies (Youth Homeless Shelters, Children’s Services, Domestic Violence Agencies)