"The five programs chosen for the study were selected in consultation with the AHF on the basis of several criteria that represent a broad cross-section of relevant geographical, cultural, and service-style considerations and AHF case studies. Programs were located in rural, remote, and urban regions of Canada, from the west coast to the east coast, from urban centre to Subarctic and Arctic, in British Columbia, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and New Brunswick. Some were residential treatment centres, where clients underwent treatment on an in-patient basis; others were outpatient facilities and even drop-in clinics" (Aboriginal Healing in Canada : Studies in Therapeutic Meaning and Practice, pg. 2)