The ALIGN website has one of the most extensive collection of Indigenous resources for families, caregivers, foster parents? We regularly update it with initiatives, training opportunities and other resources. Check out our page!
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Dr. Bruce Perry Presents - What We Have Always Known: The Wisdom of the Elders & The Neurosequential Model: A 2-Part Online Presentation April 6 &13 2021
Presenters: Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D & Shelley Pompana Spear Chief, MCSW
During this training, Dr. Perry will review the core elements of healing in traditional First Nations and other Indigenous cultures.
Day 1: April 6, 2021 The Neurobiology of Historical Trauma
Day 2: April 13, 2021 Working With First Nation Children
***Please note: This 2-part event will be recorded. Watch it live/or watch the recording – 10 days access
For more information and to register, click below.
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Monthly Virtual Sharing
and Learning sessions
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Facilitated by Frank Shannon, Haida Nation – Old Massett Band, the team at ALIGN are happy to announce a new online sharing and learning opportunity.
This series builds on the work being done on the Indigenous Cultural Understanding Framework (ICUF) initiative, with the objective to outline a holistic Learning and Development Pathway to Indigenous cultural understanding to support service providers in Alberta to be culturally appropriate, and influence better outcomes for Indigenous children, youth, families and communities.
The next session is April 9 12:30 – 1:30 PM
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The Journey Home -
Training session facilitated by Frank Shannon
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ALIGN invites all Foundation of Caregiver Support (FOCS) Trainers and all caregivers (group care staff, foster care/kinship caregivers and providers) to come together virtually to watch the The Journey Home, a 25-minute film designed to train caregivers and reflect on what this means for indigenous children and families. This session will be repeated monthly on the third Friday of each month, next session will be on April 23 @ 10:00 am to 12:00 pm via virtual Zoom platform.
The session is facilitated by Frank Shannon. The Journey Home video is a tool for training caregivers and can be incorporated into module one of foundation of caregiver supports (FOCS). The post-viewing discussion is intended for reflection on the film in a more interactive and relational approach than watching it alone.
The post-viewing discussion is intended for reflection on the film in a more interactive and relational approach than watching it alone.
More information about the film: The video, "Journey Home explores healing Indigenous children in the Canadian child welfare system. This powerful documentary provides an Indigenous community perspective on inter-generational trauma and its impacts on children and youth in government care. This research-based Documentary highlights community approaches to ensuring children are meaningfully connected to their culture, community and identity.” Available online on YouTube and developed by Native Counselling Services of Alberta.
You are invited to the collective viewing of the The Journey Home video and facilitated group discussion as we look at this tool for training caregivers and staff.
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7 Ways to Make a Difference |
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The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society's I am a Witness campaign invites people to learn about the case on First Nations child welfare and Jordan's Principle and to decide for themselves whether or not they think there is discrimination against First Nations children and youth. |
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Spirit Bear Award
Nominations close March 31, 2021
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The Spirit Bear Award is named in honour of Spirit Bear, who is a symbol of reconciliation and equity for kids.
Do you know a group of children and/or youth (18 and under) who has been doing work on reconciliation and the TRC Calls to Action? This award honours the work of two groups of young people who are demonstrating reconciliation in action to ensure First Nations, Métis and Inuit young people have the same opportunities as all other children.
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WHAT WOULD YOUR YOUTH PROJECT BE?
LAIDLAW invests in Indigenous youth-led groups to take action on issues they are passionate about and will continue to take an embedded approach to funding by ensuring that across our funding streams, Indigenous youth-led groups are represented. In addition, they are launching an intentional, dedicated funding stream focused on supporting Indigenous youth with land, language, and culture, and to support the transmission of cultural practices to future generations in order to promote nation building, decolonization, and reconciliation.
Mental wellness is a balance of the mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional. This balance is enriched as individuals have: purpose in their daily lives whether it is through education, employment, care-giving activities, or cultural ways of being and doing; hope for their future and those of their families that is grounded in a sense of identity, unique Indigenous values, and having a belief in spirit; a sense of belonging and connectedness within their families, to community, and to culture; and finally a sense of meaning and an understanding of how their lives and those of their families and communities are part of creation and a rich history.
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The team at Goodminds.com is passionate about learning and the value of a good book.
Do you know of an Alberta author who has published a children's story that shares their heritage?
Send us a link to the book and we'll include it in another edition of Connections!
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