102-275 Broadway Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 4M6 Phone: (204) 949-0811 Fax: (204) 956-0848 Toll Free: 1-888-843-1229 (Manitoba Only) Email: mflohc@mflohc.mb.ca Website: www.mflohc.mb.ca Medical Services Education and Outreach Workplace Services Information and Resources Supported by a grant from	Ningwanuk Meshquajese — Wings of Change
	Working With the Aboriginal Community to Create Healthy Workplaces for Aboriginal Workers
		The Aboriginal Workers Education and Outreach Project is part of the services provided by the MFL Occupational Health Centre (MFLOHC). The MFLOHC is a community health centre specializing in workplace health and safety. We are a non-profit, charitable organization funded by the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority. The Aboriginal Workers Education and Outreach Project is funded by the Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba. The Aboriginal Project Coordinator, along with an Advisory Group will liaise with Aboriginal leaders, organizations, workers, workplaces and Aboriginal communities throughout the Province. Together we will discuss ways to better equip Aboriginal workers in Manitoba to identify and deal with their own workplace health and safety issues over time.	The main way to do this will be to equate the traditional seven Aboriginal teachings of respect, humility, love, truth, honesty, courage and wisdom with the three rights of workers to know about workplace hazards, participate in health and safety committees and to refuse unsafe work. If you have a workplace story you would like to share with us then call or write Val T. Vint Aboriginal Project Coordinator MFL Occupational Health Centre 102 - 275 Broadway Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 4M6 Phone: 949-0811 Email: vtvint@mts.net Cell: 471-8754
Healthy Workplaces — Healthy Workers — Healthy Communities

Seven Sacred Teachings

Respect

Treat all your relations as you wish to be treated
we are all related — the four-legged, the two-legged, the winged ones,
the ones that crawl, the plant nation, the rock nation. All My Relations.

Humility

Be humble and walk Mother Earth in unpretentious simplicity
with benevolence and modesty.

Love

Has no conditions or borders. Is to give, to receive and to share.

Truth

Speak with sincerity, walk with integrity; you will be truth.

Honesty

Show fairness in word and action; be genuine and virtuous. Let
honesty be your guide and you will live in honour and happiness.

Courage

Be strong, ‘walk your talk'. Live by your beliefs, work for the good of all
and bring harm to none. These are courageous ways.

Wisdom

Common sense is practical wisdom — it is found everywhere;
in the words of the Elders and the wind in the trees.