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. …
Cultural Humility – What does it mean?
In a world that celebrates knowledge and expertise, we invest a lot of time and money in learning to increase our sense of knowing. Knowledge is powerful. We are told …
What if everything that was yours was taken from you?
When I first heard of residential schools I thought they were like the boarding schools I had seen in movies, television shows, or had read about in books. I imagined …
The importance of story-telling
IPS has had the pleasure of working with two co-op students for the past 4 months. There has been a lot of shared learning and we are pleased to post …
A Participants Perspective of Adoption Online
Since 2008 Indigenous Perspectives Society has trained over 390 participants in the Adoption Online Course, also known as AOL. This is a an 8 week program delivered online, requiring 3-5 …
All My Relations – Supporting Two Spirit Youth
Part of our approach in training those who work with Indigenous children and families is to foster an understanding of intersectionality – that an individual can have several intersecting identities …
Gathering Our History
The Indigenous Perspectives Society, formerly Caring for First Nations Children Society, recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. We chose to commemorate it by looking back at the history of our organization, …
IPS Received Accreditation for their Aboriginal Social Work Training Program
CARF International announced that the Indigenous Perspectives Society has been accredited for a period of three years for its Aboriginal Social Work Training Program. This is the first accreditation that the international accrediting body has awarded to the Indigenous Perspectives Society.
IPS Now Offering Cultural Perspectives Training
The Indigenous Perspectives Society is now offering a one day course that is perfect for organizations who are wanting to provide their staff the knowledge and training to be able …