APIN Virtual Presentation – Tipi Teachings

LOCATION: Online Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/151256445 Access Code: 151-256-445 PRESENTATION: Traditional indigenous child rearing philosophies adopt a wholistic (mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual) approach to child rearing while being inclusive of the family unit and the community. Prior to contact of European settlers, many tribes of the Great Plains […]

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APIN Virtual Lunch and Learn – Perinatal Mental Health: A Special Focus on Young Motherhood and Child Development

LOCATION: Online Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/195341485 Access Code: 195-341-485 New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts: https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/195341485 PRESENTATION: This presentation aims to discuss the intersection between young motherhood, perinatal (pregnancy and postpartum) mental health, and child development through a strengths-based […]

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Pandemic Fatigue: Practical tools and considerations for those who support children and youth

This presentation will be limited to 50 participants Pandemic Fatigue: Practical tools and considerations for those who support children and youth Times of crisis can have long term effects on an individual’s mental and emotional well-being. We know that with the right support, adversity can build resiliency and contribute towards robust and successful individuals. This […]

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Supporting 2SLGBTQ+ Youth During a Pandemic

Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on 2SLGBTQ+ youth, we will outline barriers and offer suggestions to increase accessibility. We will provide strategies that can help providers engage, create, and maintain healthy and supportive relationships, that increase resilience and decrease isolation for youth. We will provide inclusive language suggestions, especially around bodies and pregnancy. Speaker - DENE GUILLAS Dene (he/him) […]

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How to Best Support Indigenous Families

PRESENTATION:  In this session, Melissa Brown, Anishinaabe/Dine Midwife will share how to work towards providing culturally safe care for Indigenous families. She will review how to best center Indigenous families as active participants in their own care. Service providers will be introduced to the concepts of cultural safety, and understand the impact of developing an ongoing practice […]

Canada’s Indian Residential School System: A Brief Overview of the Legacy and Intergenerational Effects

One of the most devastating acts of colonization for Indigenous Peoples in Canada was the federal government’s implementation of the Indian Residential School system. For roughly seven generations, nearly every First Nations, Inuit and Metis child in Canada was interned in a residential school, in a futile attempt to assimilate and acculturate Indigenous Peoples into […]

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2SLGBTQ+ AWARENESS, INCLUSION & AFFIRMATION

Learn about sex, gender identity, expression, attraction and cultural identities and how to increase accessibility for all. We will provide strategies that can help providers engage, create, and maintain healthy & supportive relationships for 2SLGBTQ+ pregnant and parenting youth. Topics: Barriers & challenges, creating safe(r) spaces, inclusive data systems & policies/procedures, and language (especially around […]

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