The course aims at expanding our social perceptions on the missing context not usually covered in other ‘trauma-informed’ workshops. It centers Indigenous perspectives on the change required to go beyond being “informed” and to move towards culturally safer and equity-oriented organizations and services. 

Main learning outcomes: 

• Explore the relationship between colonialism, state violence against Indigenous peoples, and Indigenous-specific trauma today 

• Identifying common trauma-responses in the workplace environment 

• Assembling list of strategies to respond to trauma in a culturally safe way 

• Embedding equity-oriented approaches to working with Indigenous peoples