Training Materials and Report Back

This toolkit is designed as a skill sharing resource for Indigenous people and those working in Indigenous child welfare and research, and/or within Indigenous communities. It is meant to highlight the stories and projects that are effective in our own communities.

The resources in this tool kit have been gathered through recommendations of what has worked for people in their own lives and work. The kit includes information on Indigenous identities, culture, education, child welfare, research methods and protocols, and community work. The kit is a living document that will continue to evolve after each training session, based on recommendations from participants and community members.

Several teachings in the toolkit have been developed in a specific context (for example, urban or rural research protocols). Other resources are meant only as an introduction to a concept (such as Indigenous research methodologies) or as examples of what one community is doing to address a particular issue. We hope the stories gathered here will highlight the wisdom of our diverse Indigenous communities, including Métis, Inuit, and First Nations (urban, rural, on and off reserve, status, and non-status).

Standard Materials

A list of standard materials that are customized for each training session:

-Fish Soup for the Indigenous Soul Agenda
-Fish Soup for the Indigenous Soul Toolkit
-Fish Soup for the Indigenous Soul Presentation
-Research in Action: Steps to Indigenous Research

Training Resources and Feedback

Kiskisik Awasisak - Custom & Cultural Adoptions Forum
November 18 & 19, 2011
Canadian Child Welfare Research Portal
- Agenda
- Conference Program
ICWRN power point

Burnaby, BC - April 23 & 24, 2009
-Poster
-Agenda
-Group Notes
-Evaluations and Feedback

Prince Rupert, BC - May 26 & 27, 2009
-Poster
-Toolkit and Agenda
-Presentation
-Evaluations and Feedback

Legal Services Society, Port Hardy, BC - March 19, 2010
-Poster
-Agenda
-Toolkit
-Presentation
-Evaluations and Feedback

Metis Community Services, Victoria, BC - March 29, 2010
-Poster
-Agenda
-Final Report to REACH

Kamloops, BC - April 29 & 30, 2010
-Poster
-Agenda
-Toolkit
-Group Notes
-Traditional Medicine Wheel Camp Program by Gerald and Norma Carter, Cultural Consultants, Medicine Wheel Cultural Camp
-Wrap a Star Blanket Around Each One: A Research Report prepared for the First Nations Director's Partnership by Shelly Johnson
-The First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey: Our Voice, -Our Survey, Our Future by Heather Morin, First Nations Health Council
-Evaluations and Feedback

MCFD, Victoria, BC - October 22, 2010
-Poster
-Presentation
-Evaluations and Feedback

Duncan, BC - January 20 & 21, 2011
-Poster
-Agenda
-Day One Presentation
-Day Two Presentation
-Evaluations and Feedback

MCFD, Victoria, BC - March 4, 2011
- Agenda
- Presentation
- Evaluations and Feedback

Honouring our Caretaking Traditions: A Research and Policy Forum on Custom Indigenous Adoptions - Nov 18th - 19th, 2011
- Forum Agenda & Program