Working with Indigenous People

This training will take you beyond cultural sensitivity.  It will provide skills and resources to frontline workers, police officers, support staff, case managers, housing staff and other social service providers, on how you can support our Indigenous community in their path to healing.

$275/PERSON

New dates and locations to be announced.

ITINERARY

10:00 – 11:00 a.m.      Historical Events (Pre-Colonial, Residential Schools, 60’s Scoop, Indian School days)

11:00 – 12:00 p.m.      What is intergenerational trauma and how it affects Indigenous people today

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.        Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.          What could have been done differently when I needed the help…

2:00 – 3:00 p.m.          How we create safer spaces in our organizations

3:00 – 4:00 p.m.          How do we get the Indigenous community involved?

Beginning to address the high rates of addictions, mental health, suicide, missing and murdered indigenous women, incarcerations, homelessness…and other identified social barriers.

Facilitators

Carlos Wilson – MA, RP, CCC, Registered Psychotherapist, Creative Arts Therapist, Professional Educator, Mi’kmaq.

Cynthia Bell-Clayton, ENAGB Indigenous Youth, Executive Director, Educator, Ojibway, Odawa & Pottawatomi.

Guest Speakers, TBA

Guest Speakers will provide guidance on how to be more successful service providers. They will speak from lived experience with attending Residential School, human trafficking, missing and murdered women, addictions, and homelessness.

If you have any questions, please call 416-317-9141.  Miigwech.

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