This powerful workshop, led by Indigenous educator J’net, offers a deeply grounded exploration of Indigenous worldviews, identity formation, intergenerational trauma, and pathways toward meaningful reconciliation. Through storytelling, lived experience, humour, and cultural teachings, J’net guides participants in understanding how colonial systems—including education, child welfare, religion, and government policy—have shaped Indigenous experiences and continue to influence families today.

Participants learn about:

• The diversity of Indigenous Nations across Turtle Island and the importance of understanding Nations, clans, languages, and kinship systems.
  
  
• The impacts of residential schools, the Sixties Scoop, and child welfare intervention on cultural identity, family structures, and community safety.
  
  
• Intergenerational trauma and healing, including how trauma manifests in behaviour, relational patterns, and community dynamics.
  
  
• Cultural safety and trauma-informed approaches relevant to conflict resolution, family services, mediation, and helping professions.
  
  
• The role of ceremony, land-based teachings, and cultural reclamation in supporting resilience and identity restoration.
  
  
• Approaches to allyship, including centring Indigenous voices, avoiding saviourism, and developing respectful, long-term relationships with Indigenous communities.

Grounded in Indigenous methodologies and enriched with personal narratives, this workshop encourages participants to reflect on their own biases, understand the historical context shaping Indigenous realities, and engage in reconciliation-informed professional practice.