Identifying Your Positionality in Community Based Work
When doing community based work, have you identified, and do you reveal your Positionality? What is Positionality, and why is it important… and what is yours?
Your Indigenous Relations Strategy Needs to be More Than “Sounds Good”
Everything you do within your business, corporation, or organization must consider the impacts on Indigenous communities. If you cannot understand that statement, that is a strong indicator you are living with a strong knowledge gap. Why "sounds good" is not enough for your Indigenous Relations Strategy.
Can You Be a Proud Canadian While Knowing Canada’s True History? A Canada Day Reflection
Is it possible to still be a proud Canadian once you learn more about Canada’s genocidal history? My personal reflections on being Catholic, miseducated, and Canadian, and my journey to re-define my Canadian identity through Indigenous Relations.
The 4 “Ds” of Honouring the Protected Rights of Indigenous Peoples
In what ways can non-Indigenous people contribute to decolonizing, dismantling, deconstructing, and democratizing systems? A reflection from a settler for National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada.
Honouring the Validity of Oral Histories in Canada
What is oral history, and how has it become a part of Canada’s way of ensuring that the Constitutional rights of Indigenous peoples are protected?
Review of “Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples®” Self-Guided Training
A review of “Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples(R)” course by Indigenous Relations Academy, with a recommendation that non-Indigenous organizations consider taking this learning opportunity to underscore every Canadian’s duty to work towards Truth & Reconciliation.
Understanding the First Nations Principles of OCAP®
Why is it important for settlers to recognize and understand Indigenous Data Sovereignty?