We would love to highlight you (or someone you know) in a future edition of Connections! Email us at [email protected] with your story idea and the wonderful things you have going on!

The Re-connecting to Ourselves webinar is now December 11, 1:00-2:30PM.

Thank you for your patience while this webinar was being rescheduled.

The process of wellness and circles has a profound affect us as human beings in dealing with trauma and spirituality. The teachings include the circle process and the importance of ceremony. Lloyd Yellowbird is the session presenter.

For those of you have already registered, you will be sent a new Zoom link. There are more spots available, register today to save yours!

Learn why you need to be mindful of your mental health. The AFCC, as part of the White Feather Campaign, is providing support for workers. Learn more

The Centre is offering a series of workshops aimed at increasing Indigenous youth and Elders' education and knowledge about cancer, cancer prevention, healthy living, and the role of ceremony in spiritual health and wellbeing. Workshops are facilitated by Dr. Gabrielle Lindstrom, PhD and Andrea Brooks. Sessions will be held virtually and in person. Learn more and register

A special event was held November 12 to announce the new survivor-led Board of Directors for the Sixties Scoop Healing Foundation.

Between September 22, 2019 and February 15, 2020, the appointed Engagement team hosted a series of 10 in-person engagement sessions and an online engagement survey. Thousands of survivors joined to share their voices in person and online. "It is our principle that all survivor voices are heard, valued and respected and we stayed true to that by engaging self-identifying survivors who lived on and off reserves, status, non-status, Inuit, First Nations and Métis from across Canada and elsewhere."

The report includes areas of focus and key priorities representing what was heard from survivors. These include: Cultural Reclamation, Mental Health, Reunification and Supports, Advocacy and Collaboration, Education, Commemoration, and Connection and Community Building.

The Caring Society is thrilled to be offering an online film screening of Spirit Bear and Children Make History to young learners across Canada this November.

If you are an educator or know an educator who would like to participate in this event, please contact Emily Williams. Click here to learn more

November 17, 2020 marks the 10th anniversary of Shannen’s Dream, named in loving memory of Shannen Koostachin. Shannen’s Dream is a campaign that works to make sure First Nations children and youth get the same educational opportunities as other kids in Canada and in ways that respect their languages and cultures. Find out all the ways you can participate

Selected Elders, advisers, and service providers shared Indigenous teachings and current practices in work with Indigenous children, families, and individuals. These informative protocol videos showcase specific culturally-based approaches to practice and ceremony with indigenous service users. The individual presentations include teachings from highly respected elders and knowledge keepers in Alberta.

This training is intended to provide professionals who are interested in expanding their knowledge on working with Indigenous peoples through an educational and experiential opportunity.

Over the course's three days, participants will gain a deeper understanding, and personal experience on Indigenous history and perspectives through various traditional teachings and protocols, and how these relate to the delivery of human services with Indigenous service users.

Native-Land.ca is a website run by the nonprofit organization Native Land Digital.

It is a Canadian not-for-profit organization that is Indigenous-led, with an Indigenous Executive Director and Board of Directors who oversee and direct the organization.

Native Land Digital strives to create and foster conversations about the history of colonialism, Indigenous ways of knowing, and settler-Indigenous relations, through educational resources such as our map and Territory Acknowledgement Guide. The platform creates spaces where non-Indigenous people can be invited and challenged to learn more about the lands they inhabit, the history of those lands, and how to actively be part of a better future going forward together.

Native Land Digital has a wide range of impacts on individuals, classrooms, and others who view and interact with our map and associated content. Look for a Teacher’s Guide, Territory Acknowledgement Generator, a blog, and other content. Learn more

Take a look at our Children's Book library! (Click on the library shelves)

Send us a link to the book and we'll include it in another edition of Connections!