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Presenter: Mary-Anne Kechego In this session, We Are All Treaty People, Mary-Anne Kechego will talk about the Two-Row Wampum Belt and Dish with One Spoon to illustrate what treaties mean…

Presenter: Tina Stevens The Doctrine of Discovery was a Papal decree in 1493 used as a legal and moral way to justify the colonial dispossession of Indigenous Nations of their…

Presenter: Tracey Whiteye This session –The Importance of Indigenous Land-based Healing- is open to Indigenous registrants only. Tracey Whiteye will talk about meaningful ways to heal from the land and…

Presenter: Tracey Whiteye Throughout the 1960s, Indigenous children were forcibly removed or ‘scooped’ from their homes, communities, and families to be adopted into mostly non-Indigenous, middle-class families. Many of the…

Presenter: Tina Stevens and Tracey Whiteye There is a fundamental difference between the principles of Eurocentric worldview colonial structures of child welfare practice and standards versus Indigenous practice of caring…

Presenter: Gloria Thomson In this session, Métis Teachings, Gloria Thomson will present the evolvement of the Métis as a distinct People and share the impact of that history as it affected her…

Presenter: Tracey Whiteye For years, Indigenous people have experienced systemic racism, violence, and discrimination.  The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls brought attention to the disturbing…

Presenter: Tracey Whiteye In this session, Shannen's Dream and Jordan's Principle, Tracey Whiteye will discuss the rights of Indigenous children to receive a proper education and equitable access to all…

Presenter: Mary-Anne Kechego  In this session, The Importance of Growing Gardens, Mary-Anne Kechego will talk about the importance of growing gardens as a way to remind us that all the…