APIN - Adolescent Parent Interagency Network

Jordan's Principle
2021-10-19 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Winnipeg)
Jordan’s Principle ensures all First Nations children can access the products, services and supports they need, when they need them. It can help with a wide range of health, social and educational needs. Jordan’s Principle is named in memory of Jordan River Anderson. He was a young boy from Norway House Cree Nation in Manitoba.
SPEAKERS:
Ryan McKay (WaawaanaadoonMaaeeguun- Howling Wolf)
Ryan is from the Rolling River First Nation where he was born and raised, located in southwestern Manitoba. Ryan was raised by his grandparents from whom he received a vast amount of traditional knowledge and his Anishinaabe language. He is the proud father of 4 daughters and one son in which he spends all of his spare time with. After returning to school in 2006, Ryan went on to attain a college diploma in Aboriginal Community Development & a university degree in Sociology, majoring in Health & Human studies. He has held several different employment opportunities, including Disability counselor, Youth Mentor, Mental Health counselor and Adult Literacy Instructor. Currently, Ryan is the Lead Advocate for the Jordan’s Principle off Reserve advocacy office, working out of the EAGLE Urban Transition Centre for the past 5 years. The office is located in downtown Winnipeg and has assisted thousands of Indigenous families living off reserve looking for different opportunities and assistance.
Michelle Klippenstein
Michelle is originally from Poplar River First Nation. Her background consists of mixed European ancestry from her father’s side and Anishinaabe from her mother’s side. Poplar River is an isolated community on the east side of Lake Winnipeg and she tries to visit any chance she gets. Michelle is loving her new role as a mom, her daughter turns two in October. She is part of the Southern Chiefs’ Organization team as the Jordan’s Principle Coordinator at SSCY Centre (Specialized Services for Children and Youth) in Winnipeg. Michelle began this position June 2021. Her first experience within Jordan’s Principle was through Southeast Resource Development Council Corp. as an Off-Reserve Case Manager for the last three years as well as numerous years within the social work field. Michelle’s education background consists of Bachelors in Social Work and Education, and she is currently attending the University of Victoria within the Masters of Social Work – Indigenous Specialization program.
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2SLGBTQ+ AWARENESS, INCLUSION & AFFIRMATION
2021-10-05 09:30 - 12:30
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 bodies and pregnancy)
SPEAKERS:
Dene Guillas – He/him. Proud Indigiqueer, Transgender Father, School Equity & Inclusion Coordinator.BIO: https://bit.ly/3hSIpd0
Kaylen Lamb – He/they. White settler, disabled, Transgender man, Counsellor, Social Worker.BIO: https://bit.ly/38RNbSo
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Canada’s Indian Residential School System: A Brief Overview of the Legacy and Intergenerational Effects
2021-09-21 10:00 - 12:30
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 the dominant society, and expedite the extinction of Indigenous Peoples. This presentation provides a brief overview of Canada’s Indian Residential School system, it’s legacy, and the direct and intergenerational effects of the schools on multiple generations of Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
SPEAKER:
Lisa Murdock is a member of Katl’odeeche First Nation, NWT. Lisa is the mother of three beautiful and resilient children – Nolan, Madison and Adam – each of whom she is most proud. Lisa currently resides in Plumas, a small community located roughly 70 km northwest of Portage la Prairie.
Lisa achieved a Master of Arts degree from the Department of Sociology at the University of Manitoba, and she has over 30 years of experience working with Indigenous Peoples and communities. Lisa has a keen interest in program and policy development aimed at improving outcomes for Indigenous children and families, and she is very passionate about creating awareness and understanding of the history of Indigenous Peoples in Canada, and the lasting influence of colonial policies and practices on Indigenous-Canada relations.
Lisa currently works as a Program and Policy Consultant in the Child and Youth Services Division of the Manitoba Department of Families. She also works as a Research Associate for the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health.
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How to Best Support Indigenous Families
2021-06-22 12:00 - 13:00
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 of self-reflection, learning, healing and being aware of their own power and privilege.
SPEAKER: Melissa Brown is an Anishinaabe/Dene Registered Midwife from Sagkeeng First Nation and the Navajo Nation. She is Co-founder of Zaagi’idiwin, an Indigenous led organization that strives to center Indigenous people as the experts of Maternal Child Health in their communities. She has trained over 300 Full Spectrum Indigenous Doulas across Canada and the United States in the past two years, providing mentorship and support as they care for families.
Melissa graduated from the University College of the North Kanaciotinawawasowin Bachelor of Midwifery program and worked in the inner city of Winnipeg. She is a member of KagikeDanikobidan, the advisory committee on Aboriginal women’s issues to the College of Midwives of Manitoba. She has also served as the National Aboriginal Council of Midwives Co-chair and member of the core leadership for the past 7 years.
Melissa is a small part of a grassroots movement of Indigenous Midwives, Doulas, Aunties and Birth workers across turtle island that are reconnecting with their language, medicines, and ceremonies to support families during pregnancy, birth and parenting. She is committed to continuing to build safe spaces for families to learn about healthy sexuality, reproductive health and traditional birth knowledge as a way of restoring health and wellbeing to Indigenous communities.
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Supporting 2SLGBTQ+ Youth During a Pandemic
2021-06-10 12:00 - 13:00
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) proudly identifies as an Indigenous, transgender man who has always lived and worked on Treaty One Territory, the territories of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dene, Dakota and Métis Nations.
He has been lucky enough to be involved in the training and education field for over 15 years. Whether it was in a classroom environment, community centre, conference, or small gatherings, he has always tried to make sure learning is inclusive to everyone.
His love of helping others has led him to Rainbow Resource Centre in 2019, where he works as the School Equity & Inclusion Coordinator. This has allowed his passion of interacting and speaking to others to turn into a way to give back to the community. Helping to raise awareness for our youth has given him a purpose that is extremely close to his heart.
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Pandemic Fatigue: Practical tools and considerations for those who support children and youth
2021-05-11 12:00 - 13:00
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 workshop will offer practical skills for caregivers, parents and those who support youth. It will offer insight, tools and solution focused approaches that aim to alleviate stress, address anxieties and help to navigate difficult feelings and conversations. It will also offer caregivers and parents some insight into the importance of attachment, connections and how to navigate the world and relationships in which those important things have suddenly become compromised. And it will offer practical suggestions for activities, options, hopefulness, expectations – what can be awesome and what can be good enough.
Presenter: Cheryl Cohan BA, MMFT, RMFT.
Cheryl is a therapist, anthropologist, program facilitator. Cheryl specializes in individual, couple and family therapy, systems theories, trauma informed care, attachment, recovery, wellness and spiritual care. She is also director of a horticultural therapy center that specializes in rural retreats and nature focused programming.
LOCATION: Online
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APIN Virtual Lunch and Learn - Perinatal Mental Health: A Special Focus on Young Motherhood and Child Development
2021-04-28 12:00 - 13:00
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PRESENTATION: This presentation aims to discuss the intersection between young motherhood, perinatal (pregnancy and postpartum) mental health, and child development through a strengths-based lens. Evidence-based information on how to identify perinatal mental health concerns and how to best support children of young mothers is introduced. Psychological services available to young mothers and their children living in Manitoba are reviewed.

SPEAKER: Karmen McDivitt, M.A. Ph.D. Candidate – Karmen is a pre-doctoral resident at the Clinical Health Psychology residency program within the Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, and University of Manitoba. In addition to her clinical training, Karmen is completing her PhD research at the University of Manitoba in the Baby Language Lab. Her research interests include infant language development, young motherhood (including adolescent and emerging adulthood developmental stages), perinatal mental health (with a special focus on perinatal anxiety), and knowledge translation. Karmen grew up in Kelowna, where she completed her undergraduate honours degree in psychology at the University of British Columbia- Okanagan, before starting her graduate training in Winnipeg. Karmen has received research grants through the University of Manitoba and Province of Manitoba. She has been awarded the Emerging Leader Award from the University of Manitoba and the Certificate of Excellence for Outstanding Master’s Thesis by the Canadian Psychological Association.

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APIN Virtual Presentation - Tipi Teachings
2021-04-13 10:00 - 11:45
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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 (Prairies) used the Tipi for housing of the family and community. Tipi’s need 13 poles to make the circle of the Tipi and two additional poles for smoke flaps; each pole in the Tipi there are Traditional beliefs about child rearing. These Traditional Teachings work together collectively, equally by leaning on one another to hold up the Tipi, reflecting the strength of Indigenous peoples.

SPEAKER:
Ko'ona Saber(Cochrane) is an Anishinaabe-kwe member of the BizhiwDoodem (Lynx Clan) from Peguis First Nation, where her father Walter George Cochrane was integral in the reclamation of indigenous cultural practices prior to her birth in 1970. Ko’ona has been sharing her indigenous teachings for over twenty years, through traditional family parenting education and hand drumming. She had resided in the North End of Winnipeg for thirteen years, where she worked strengthening and supporting indigenous families and children. In 2017 life changed dramatically for Ko’ona, June 21 her father’s birthday, she married Ivon Saber multi-talented land developer. They now spend their time between properties on the shores of east Lake Winnipeg near Hollow Water First Nation and winters in YaqanNukiy Territory of southern British Columbia.

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