TY - JOUR ID - 1076783ar T1 - Exploring the Meaning of Therapeutic Horticulture for Anishinabek Youth in a Brief Residential Treatment Unit: A Community Engagement CSL Case Study A1 - Nelson, Connie H. A1 - Uvanile, Michelle A1 - Vinni, Judi A1 - Schiff, Rebecca JO - Engaged Scholar Journal VL - 6 IS - 2 SP - 52 EP - 68 SN - 2369-1190 Y1 - 2020 Y2 - 03/29/2024 8:41 a.m. PB - University of Saskatchewan LA - EN AB - This paper explored community-university engagement that integrated a short-term treatment facility for Indigenous youth, a social enterprise organization that focused on healing through horticulture therapy experiences and an interdisciplinary academic team. The focus was to discover whether a horticulture therapy (HT) approach held promise in terms of an appropriate way to expand community service-learning (CSL) with Indigenous peoples and to encourage more diversity of voices in community service-learning experiences. Youth participants took part in a photovoice study and further semi-structured interviews to document their perspectives on the meaning of their horticultural experiences. Findings revealed that youth valued the overall HT experience itself; being connected to the gardens and nature and the social interactions exploring spirituality and the self were significant and meaningful for them. Further, findings demonstrated that a collaborative partnership that engaged multiple service agencies to explore novel ways for engaging youth in healing activities with a university team that guided the research approach holds promise as a CSL with Indigenous youth. We conclude with recommendations on the significance of community-university engagement in delivering therapeutic horticulture programs for Indigenous youth as a community service-learning initiative. DO - https://doi.org/10.15402/esj.v6i2.61805 UR - https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1076783ar L1 - https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/esj/2020-v6-n2-esj05992/1076783ar.pdf DP - Érudit: www.erudit.org DB - Érudit ER -