Research & Articles Javier Omar Meléndez-Vega, LCSW Research & Articles Javier Omar Meléndez-Vega, LCSW

"Land is everything, land is us": Exploring the connections between climate change, land, and health in Fort William First Nation

Drawing from interviews with Elders and knowledge holders in Fort William First Nation, this paper illustrates how climate change impacts health through land degradation while centering "All Our Relations" as a framework for wholistic healing and climate action.

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Books Javier Omar Meléndez-Vega, LCSW Books Javier Omar Meléndez-Vega, LCSW

Decolonizing Trauma Work

A transformative exploration of healing that centers Indigenous knowledge, critiques colonial clinical models, and offers a relational, wholistic pathway toward true restoration.

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