Upcoming Workshops
**EDI CPD credit is indicated where applicable
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First Nation specific content
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Accredited by the Law Society of Ontario
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General public is welcome to register
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Casual environment
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Who should attend?
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All courtroom officers, staff, judiciary, and employees in the judicial system
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Health/mental health practitioners
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Social workers
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Teachers
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Public servants
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First Nations people
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General public
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Why?
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Personal interest
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You would like to work with First Nations people and/or communities
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You want to improve your policies and programs but don't know where to start
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Workshop content comes from personal 'lived experience'
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You (or your organization) is looking for an easy way to create/fulfil education plans for yourself (and/or staff) about First Nations peoples
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Earn EDI Professionalism credit (LSO)​
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Learn some truth/unlearn myths & stereotypes one workshop at a time
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*Visioning
Moving Forward from Trauma & Stress
#Self-care #how do your stress levels compare? #what is trauma #what does it do #historical and current sources of trauma #First Nation specific sources #physical impacts of trauma #counter the impacts #next steps
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Choose from the dates below:
This program contains 4 hours and 30 minutes of EDI Professionalism Content.
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The Medicine Wheel
& Mediation
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Balance skills from various types of mediation
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Identify your strengths
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Improve your interviewing (intake) & screening skills
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Build your mediation 'tool kit'
The Medicine Wheel has become a pan-American Indian symbol and is used here as a tool to present information.
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Choose from the dates below to register:
This program contains 2 hours and 15 minutes of EDI Professionalism content.
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Law From Traditional Story
Our laws have been passed down through generations and continue to survive and exist. Due to loss of language and removal from our lands, documenting our laws for ourselves, our way, without outside influence or control is becoming more urgent.
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Our language speakers are integral to preserving our knowledge and translating it for use today and into the future. You can play a role whether you speak your language or not because your cultural fluency and competence matters. Our laws remain relevant and need to remain relevant as we rebuild our communities and Nations. Canadian society dismisses our legal traditions as invalid or inferior; we must break that messaging for ourselves for the benefit of our grandchildren.
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There are great challenges from both internal and external sources in doing this work e.g. impacts of residential schools, lateral violence, Canada, etc.
Who should attend? Service providers, students, First Nations people. All are welcome.
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*Note: this is not to be confused with "Aboriginal law".
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Choose from the dates below to register:
This program contains 2 hours and 35 minutes of EDI Professionalism content.
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Indigenous Harm Reduction
& the Limitations of Law Making on Reserve
Like other communities across Canada, First Nations are experiencing increased drug related crises.
Recognition of the effectiveness of Indigenous Harm Reduction practices is growing; come learn from one another and share your experiences.
Challenges faced by First Nations in accessing services ordinarily available off reserve usually means that leadership turns to the law-making authorities of the Indian Act to address the problems their communities face.
Come learn the law-making procedures & authorities found under the Indian Act and their limitations.
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Choose from the dates below to register:
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This program contains 5 hours and 15 minutes of EDI Professionalism Content.
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For further information:
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The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls’ Calls for Justice include those Calls reproduced below. You can read the full reports here):
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Culture
2.6 We call upon all governments to educate their citizens about, and to confront and eliminate, racism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia. To accomplish this, the federal government, in partnership with Indigenous Peoples and provincial and territorial governments, must develop and implement an Anti-Racism and Anti Sexism National Action Plan to end racist and sexualized stereotypes of Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA people. The plan must target the general public as well as public services.
Attorneys and Law Societies
10.1 We call upon the federal, provincial, and territorial governments, and Canadian law societies and bar associations, for mandatory intensive and periodic training of Crown attorneys, defence lawyers, court staff, and all who participate in the criminal justice system, in the area of Indigenous cultures and histories, including distinctions-based training…./
The Calls for Justice also call on all Canadians.
We call on all Canadians to:
15.2 Decolonize by learning the true history of Canada and Indigenous history in your local area. Learn about and celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ history, cultures, pride, and diversity, acknowledging the land you live on and its importance to local Indigenous communities, both historically and today.
15.7 Create time and space for relationships based on respect as human beings, supporting and embracing differences with kindness, love, and respect. Learn about Indigenous principles of relationship specific to those Nations or communities in your local area and work, and put them into practice in all of your relationships with Indigenous Peoples.
Also, the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (full text here) include those reproduced below.
Professional Development and Training for Public Servants
57. We call upon federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal governments to provide education to public servants on the history of Aboriginal peoples, including the history and legacy of residential schools, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Treaties, and Aboriginal rights, Indigenous law, and Aboriginal-Crown relations. This will require skills based training in intercultural competency, conflict resolution, human rights, and anti-racism.
Business & Reconciliation
92 iii. Provide education for management and staff on the history of Aboriginal peoples, including the history and legacy of residential schools, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Treaties and Aboriginal rights, Indigenous law, and Aboriginal-Crown relations. This will require skills based training in intercultural competency, conflict resolution, human rights, and anti-racism.
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