Cultural Perspectives Training November 8, 2016
There are still a few seats left in our November 8th session of Cultural Perspectives Training! Registration closes November 2. Do you want to have a thriving and diverse …
Supporting Two Spirit Youth: Curriculum for Front-line Service Providers
*This training is now full. Indigenous Perspectives Society is pleased to announce a free day of training on October 11, 2017, Supporting Two Spirit Youth for front-line service providers and caregivers, …
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 …