The program Hepd Up on Life began as an initiative of the Public Health Agency of Canada sponsored by NCPEI. Based on the teachings of the medicine wheel, the youth of the NCPEI are being trained as peer educators on matters of sexual health, high risk behaviors and determinants of health at it relates to Aboriginal youth. The expected outcome of the Hepd Up on Life program is to decrease the incidents of Hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS and other STBBIs among Aboriginal youth and our community members.