How To Be An Ally To Indigenous People
Updated June 11, 2018 My parents immigrated to British Columbia from Northern California two years before I was born. They came for the beautiful nature, the opportunities to build a …
What Is Jordan’s Principle And Why Does It Matter?
Jordan’s Principle functions as an essential mechanism for ensuring human, constitutional, and treaty rights of Indigenous children. By establishing a procedure to guarantee immediate care for Indigenous children, Jordan’s Principle provides …
Participant Profile – Beryl Park, Aboriginal Social Work
I am the Executive Director for the Heiltsuk Kaxla Society and we are a level C3 Delegated Child Welfare Agency. My mother is Haida and my father is Irish-English, and …
Participant Profile – Graeme Bethell, Cultural Perspectives Training
I was encouraged to take Cultural Perspectives Training by a friend of mine but was a little reluctant at first. I caved and enjoyed a very fruitful day of learning …
What I learned in Cultural Perspectives Training
Even though I thought I already had a good understanding of our collective history from university studies, Indigenous friends, living and working with First Nations, life experiences and relationships, my …
Reconciliation And The Solutions Economics Of Social Enterprise
Recently I spent the afternoon at a wonderful event at the Victoria Native Friendship Centre, Stories of Indigenous Social Innovation, where four speakers shared what they are doing to address …
Creating Family – Why Foster Caregiving Matters
If it weren’t for my foster sisters I may not have been born. My parents moved to Canada with my older brother in 1974 and by 1975, they had settled …
Have A Culturally Respectful Halloween
I have worn an indigenous costume. It wasn’t for Halloween, it was for a summer festival and I wore it to be playful about my believed American Indian ancestry, although …
Cultural Perspective And How To Get It
To understand another we first have to understand ourselves, and to do that we need to reflect on our history. Cultural Perspective can be defined as: “Cultural perspective refers to …
Be The Spark – A Call for Social Innovation
We all have a sense of the enormity of our world’s challenges. The news informs us each day of our social inequalities, our superfluous violence, and our rapidly changing climate. …