Indigenous Cultural Competency

About this Online Workshop

The process of Indigenous Cultural and Impact knowledge transfer, Indigenous Reciprocity skill development, Indigenous Relationship building, and implementation requires a multi-layered Indigenous pedagogy approach. Dedication of time and resources, commitment, and a willingness to promote change will ensure any organisation reaching a level of true Reconciliation.

ICCT Cycle 1 Course Description:

Indigenous Cultural Competency Training (ICCT) is designed for the development of necessary skills, knowledge, attitudes, and values that will support participants in building meaningful and informed relationships with urban Indigenous communities.

Cycle 1 focuses on the early relationship between the Crown, Canada, and Indigenous peoples. Through an interactive presentation and group breakout sessions participants will explore:

• OFIFC’s Relationship Framework
• The Urban Indigenous Action Plan
• History of the Friendship Centre Movement
• Legal Terms and Cultural Understandings of Identity
• Settler Colonial Logics
• Legislative History
• Residential Schools and Intergenerational Impacts

ICCT Cycle 2 Course Description:

Building off Cycle 1, Cycle 2 provides an in-depth overview of legislative policies, how they impacted Indigenous communities and the resurgence of Indigenous activism.

Cycle 2 Explores:

• Intergenerational trauma
• The White Paper
• Gender discrimination in the Indian Act
• The 60s Scoop
• The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
• The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

In this Cycle participants will be encouraged to critically reflect on how they currently build relationships with Indigenous peoples and organisations, and identify the next steps required to strengthen them.

Who Should Attend?

Any staff in a human, social or community services organization.

Duration

8 hours.