National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
AGENDA AT A GLANCE
August 28, 2023
11:30 AM - 04:30 PM
Exhibitor Ingress
Hall A
August 29, 2023
09:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Jane Middleton-Moz
Hall A (3rd Floor)
Jane Middelton-Moz is an accomplished speaker and author with over 35 years of experience in consultation, training, and community intervention. She is the director of the Middelton- Moz Institute and has served on the board of the National Association of Children of Alcoholics. Jane has a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology and has held various management and executive positions in large non-profit corporations and community agencies. Jane’s expertise includes working with adult children of alcoholics, multi-generational trauma and grief, cultural awareness, anger, and creating positive work environments. She is a dynamic keynote presenter and is known for her “hands-on, participant-driven” workshops. Her work has been featured on national television shows and she has been quoted in US News and World Report and The Washington Post business sections. Jane has authored several books, including Children of Trauma, Shame and Guilt: Masters of Disguise, and Boiling Point: Dealing with the Anger in Our Lives, among others.
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Stephen Campanelli
Hall A (3rd Floor)
Stephen Campanelli is an acclaimed award-winning film director and cameraman known for his work with Clint Eastwood on several Oscar-winning films. He has contributed to six Academy Award-winning performances, including The Bridges of Madison County, Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri. Stephen’s talents have been recognized by several prestigious awards throughout his career. Since 2015, Stephen has directed four feature films, including the award-winning Drinkwater, Momentum, Grand Isle, and the #1 box office film Indian Horse, which won over 18 film festival awards worldwide. He has also directed a pilot for Fox, a commercial with Morgan Freeman, and a nationwide Nissan Titan Commercial. Stephen is now looking forward to breathing life into his next project.
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Three Wyndi’s
Angie Cote, Sheldon Cote, and Linda Dano-Chartrand
Room 2E
Linda Dano-Chartrand, BSW., MSW., RSW “DayStar Woman” Born and raised in Mallard Man. Proudly I am a mother, wife, grand and great-grandmother. Recently retired as social worker, now a Clinical Supervisor for a new Birth Helper Initiative in Manitoba, recently appointed Knowledge Keeper/Holder at Inner City Faculty of Social Work Program and Trainer of 7 Sacred Ways of Healing Trauma though Mind, Body and Spirit. I am also one of the co-owners of Three Wyndi’s Healing Incorporated. For the past beautiful 35+ years, I have worked with Indigenous people “my people”. It wasn’t until I was in my late 30’s that I was enlightened and enriched by work that I now teach – 7 Sacred Ways of Healing Trauma through Mind, Body and Spirit. I realized that in order for me to live by the teachings of wisdom keepers, I was responsible for continuously discovering the beauty of my life and share those teachings. I am trained & certified as a Psychodramatic Bodywork Instructor, a practicing Therapist and Clinical Supervisor. Aho! Angie Cote, B.A, F.O.T and student of Reflexology & Reiki – “Leading Standing Eagle Woman” Tansi! I am originally from Fisher River Cree Nation and reside in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I am currently Self Employed as a Holistic Healing Practitioner, and one of three co-owners of Three Wyndi’s Healing Incorporated. I am a certified professional trainer and have a diploma and degree in postsecondary education in the areas of Rural & Aboriginal Community Development, certified as a Focusing Oriented Therapist, and a helper in 7 sacred ways of healing trauma. I am a level 2 reiki practitioner and I practice the traditional teachings. I have embraced immense responsibility as sweat lodge keeper, full-moon ceremony helper, Sundance Lodge Woman, Healing Ceremonies, 7 Sacred Ways of Healing Trauma helper, birth helper and cultural advisor. Sheldon Cote – “Standing Bear” I have many years of experience learning, embracing and living a traditional life. I am one of three co-owners of Three Wyndi’s Healing Incorporated. I have overcome addictions and a troubled past by finding my way through ceremony on my personal healing journey. The first step was reclaiming my spiritual name Bear Standing Outside. I have had many teachers, Elders, and helpers on my journey. I was later introduced to Seven Sacred Ways of Healing Trauma, and I am now the Elder for our group. I am a lodge keeper and my wife, and I have been gifted a Sundance. I travel from community to community to conduct healing clinics, gatherings, and whatever is requested. Sheldon Cote – “Standing Bear” I have many years of experience learning, embracing and living a traditional life. I am one of three co-owners of Three Wyndi’s Healing Incorporated. I have overcome addictions and a troubled past by finding my way through ceremony on my personal healing journey. The first step was reclaiming my spiritual name Bear Standing Outside. I have had many teachers, Elders, and helpers on my journey. I was later introduced to Seven Sacred Ways of Healing Trauma, and I am now the Elder for our group. I am a lodge keeper and my wife, and I have been gifted a Sundance. I travel from community to community to conduct healing clinics, gatherings, and whatever is requested.
Minoo Pimaatisoowin Ooweecheewew (Good Life Helper)
Ruth Murdock
Room 2F
This workshop is designed for the Pimaatisoowin Ooweecheewew (Good Life Helpers) to discuss what trauma and unresolved trauma looks like. Another goal of the session is to recognize and to build on the strength of our individual gifts for our families and helpers. Additionally, to emphasize the need for physical and emotional safety for our families and respective Good Life Helpers. To discuss practical hands-on methods to navigate helpers out of their old wounds(triggers) and stay present with our sacredness According to Eugene Gendlin, who coined the term ‘felt sense’ in his book Focusing 7: A felt sense is not a mental experience but a physical one. Physical. A bodily awareness of a situation or person or event. An internal aura that encompasses everything you feel and know about the given subject at a given time—encompasses it and communicates it to you all at once rather than detail by detail. We will demonstrate an example of the “felt sense”. The audience will participate in this exercise. Additionally, a question will be poised to stimulate discussion as to why and how we can be so empathic to our families who are “stuck in the muck” and yet be impatient, judgmental and non-supportive and critical with our peers. The goal of the interactive process of the workshop will help restore balance and health in families and the Good Life Helpers of the Residential School era.
Ruth Murdock (Blue Rattle Woman) owner and operator of Sawano Pinesiwan since 2005 is a proud member of the Fisher River Cree Nation. She has a wealth of experience as an adult educator, guest speaker, curriculum writer and facilitator in holistic Indigen.
The Turtle Island Project Experiential Exercise
Clayton Sandy
Room 2H
Turtle Island Project (TIP) is an action-oriented exercise designed to transform society’s negative perceptions of Indigenous Peoples and engage in reconciliatory action. Participants will be invited to walk in the shoes of Indigenous Peoples on a journey that began 150 years ago, and then share in celebrating the lives of Indigenous Peoples today.
Breaking the Traumatic Bond of Colonial Mindset
Dennis Windego
Room 2G
This presentation centres around the themes of PTSD, trauma, emotional and sensory experiences, and intervention strategies. The focus of the presentation is on the impact of system-induced trauma and the significance of addressing it in the process of reconciliation.
Zoongwebines (Dennis Windego) is from the traditional lands of the Anishinabeg community of Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation in northwestern Ontario. His Anishinabeg name is Zoongwebines, and he is a member of the Lynx clan. He follows the teachings of his late father which guides his decolonizing approach to mental health, addictions, grief, and healing of trauma. He holds an MSW from Laurentian University. He also graduated from the community-based, BSW (Hons) program through Seven Generations and Carleton University.
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Mary Laubmann
Room 2E
Embracing Your Dark Side: An Introduction to the Shadow and other Parts of Self
Lyndsay Simmons
Room 2F
Embark on a profound journey into the less-charted territories of your persona in this introduction to shadow work therapy. This session provides an opportunity for participants to comprehend the fundamentals of discerning and interacting with their shadow aspects and other facets of their psyche. An immersive, experiential component will illustrate the shadow work process, cultivating a deeper understanding of the self. Brace yourself for an enlightening and intellectually stimulating experience that will deepen your grasp of this nuanced therapeutic approach.
Lyndsay is a Registered Psychotherapist, Certified Canadian Counsellor, EMDR Practitioner and Registered Drama therapist. After completing her Masters in Creative Arts Therapies, she moved to Northern BC where she had the opportunity to work as a therapies.
Try Differently Rather Than Try Harder
Lance Scout
Room 2G
This seminar helps participants to develop new ways of approaching challenges and achieving their goals. The workshop draws on Indigenous teachings and traditions, which often emphasize the importance of adapting to changing circumstances and respecting the interconnectedness of all things. Participants will be guided through exercises that will help them uncover any beliefs or assumptions that may be holding them back. Exploring cultural conditioning, personal lived experiences, and societal limitations.
Lance Scout is a member of the Kainai Nation, also known as the Blood Tribe. Lance provides “Circles”, “Workshops” & “Counseling” in healing and wellness for survivors and inter- generational survivors of the Indian Residential Schools. He is a Cultural Knowledge Advocate and Artist with a strong connection to the Blackfoot Confederacy. Sharing Indigenous ways of knowing of the Niiitsitapi: and teaches educators and community service providers to release the cycle of adversity, and enter the circle of healing. His vision is rooted in compassion, for everyone in reconciliation and reclamation of the children left behind. He dedicates his workshops to helping people work together for the best interests of the indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of this land.
Dr. Tail Feathers
Room 2H
Dr. Esther Tailfeathers of the Blood Reserve, graduated from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and completed her Family Medicine Residency at the University of Alberta. She has worked in many native communities including the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana, the remote northern community of Fort Chipewyan, and the Blood Reserve. One of Dr. Tailfeathers’ highlights thus far in her career has been the organizing of a relief mission to Haiti after the earthquake, which included a team from the blood tribe consisting of paramedics, nurses and health care workers. During their relief effort they took care of over 2000 patients. Most recently she has worked with her community in response to the Fentanyl Crisis which began in the fall of 2014. The NFB Film “Kimmaapiiipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy” produced and directed by her daughter Elle-Maija Tailfeathers, documents the communities efforts to address the Opioid Crisis and the work of Dr. Tailfeathers on these community initiatives. Dr. Tailfeathers helped launch Albertas first Indigenous Virtual Care Clinic aimed at reducing barriers to primary care for rural and remote indigenous Albertans. Alongside other health system leaders in Alberta, Dr. Tailfeathers spearheaded the development and implementation of the Indigenous Wellness Program Alternative Relationship Plan and supported creation and implantation of an AHS staff cultural competency program and worked with Oncologists and cancer support staff to incorporate traditional medicines in the cancer journey. She had served as the Medical Lead of the Indigenous Wellness Core with Alberta Health Services. She has served as the Keynote Speaker for numerous Conferences and Workshops with a particular emphasis for Addictions and Treatment. Dr. Tailfeathers was the recipient of the Dr. Thomas Dignan National award from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2019. Dr. Tailfeathers is most proud of her two children; Elle-Maija Tailfeathers and Piinaakoyim Tailfeathers and the work they are each doing to help indigenous communities.
August 30, 2023
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Dr. Gabor Mate
Hall A (3rd Floor)
Gabor Maté is a retired physician specializing in addiction, trauma, and childhood development. He has spent over 20 years in family practice and palliative care, and over a decade working with patients struggling with drug addiction and mental illness in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side. Gabor is a bestselling author of four books, including In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, which won a literary non-fiction prize. His work has been translated into 30 languages and he is recognized as an internationally renowned speaker. Gabor has been awarded the Order of Canada, the country’s highest civilian distinction, and the Civic Merit Award from his hometown, Vancouver. Learn more at https://www.drgabormate.com.
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Dr. Gabor Mate
Hall A (3rd Floor)
Gabor Maté is a retired physician specializing in addiction, trauma, and childhood development. He has spent over 20 years in family practice and palliative care, and over a decade working with patients struggling with drug addiction and mental illness in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side. Gabor is a bestselling author of four books, including In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, which won a literary non-fiction prize. His work has been translated into 30 languages and he is recognized as an internationally renowned speaker. Gabor has been awarded the Order of Canada, the country’s highest civilian distinction, and the Civic Merit Award from his hometown, Vancouver. Learn more at https://www.drgabormate.com.
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Dr. Gabor Mate Book Signing
Hall A (3rd Floor)
Gabor Maté is a retired physician specializing in addiction, trauma, and childhood development. He has spent over 20 years in family practice and palliative care, and over a decade working with patients struggling with drug addiction and mental illness in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side. Gabor is a bestselling author of four books, including In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, which won a literary non-fiction prize. His work has been translated into 30 languages and he is recognized as an internationally renowned speaker. Gabor has been awarded the Order of Canada, the country’s highest civilian distinction, and the Civic Merit Award from his hometown, Vancouver. Learn more at https://www.drgabormate.com.
01:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Piita Irnig
Room 2E
Piita is a cultural proponent, artist, public servant, Commissioner of Nunavut (born 1947 at Lyon Inlet, NT). He represented the Keewatin region in the Council of the Northwest Territories from 1975 to 1979. From 2000 to 2005, he served as the second commissioner of Nunavut. Piita has worked to preserve and promote Inuit culture and languages. He grew up in the traditional Inuit way, trapping, hunting and living off the land. He and his family lived in igloos in the winter and tents in the summer; they travelled by dogsled and spoke Inuktitut. Piita recalls his parents being told by missionaries in 1958 that he would have to go away to school. Without any prior consultation, Pitta and other local children were sent off to residential school. Piita went to Sir Joseph Bernier Federal Day School in Chesterfield Inlet, Northwest Territories, and, from 1963 to 1964, the Sir John Franklin School in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
Panel Discussion (Lorna Arcand)
Niigaan Sinclair (Moderator)
Room 2F
Reclaiming Healthy Sexualities
Vanessa Cook
Room 2G
This session discusses how sexuality is a core component of Healing. The focus is to explore ways of decolonizing and de-shaming from colonial violence. Framed in healthy ways to reclaim Indigenous worldviews, connection to the Earth, Indigenous languages and Two Spirit/Indigiqueer identities are the centre of this workshop.
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Breaking the Traumatic Bond of Colonial Mindset
Dennis Windego
Room 2G
This presentation centres around the themes of PTSD, trauma, emotional and sensory experiences, and intervention strategies. The focus of the presentation is on the impact of system-induced trauma and the significance of addressing it in the process of reconciliation.
Zoongwebines (Dennis Windego) is from the traditional lands of the Anishinabeg community of Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation in northwestern Ontario. His Anishinabeg name is Zoongwebines, and he is a member of the Lynx clan. He follows the teachings of his late father which guides his decolonizing approach to mental health, addictions, grief, and healing of trauma. He holds an MSW from Laurentian University. He also graduated from the community-based, BSW (Hons) program through Seven Generations and Carleton University.
Barb Nepinak
Room 2F
Shadow Therapy
Lyndsay Simmons
Room 2E
Embark on a profound journey into the less-charted territories of your persona in this introduction to shadow work therapy. This session provides an opportunity for participants to comprehend the fundamentals of discerning and interacting with their shadow aspects and other facets of their psyche. An immersive, experiential component will illustrate the shadow work process, cultivating a deeper understanding of the self. Brace yourself for an enlightening and intellectually stimulating experience that will deepen your grasp of this nuanced therapeutic approach.
Lyndsay is a Registered Psychotherapist, Certified Canadian Counsellor, EMDR Practitioner and Registered Drama therapist. After completing her Masters in Creative Arts Therapies, she moved to Northern BC where she had the opportunity to work as a therapies.
Indigenous Liberation through the Revival of Kinship
Colby Tootoosis
Room 2G
The quality of experiences our children and grandchildren are going through today is going to determine who and what our Nations become. This session will be focused on Indigenous Liberation through Reviving Indigenous Kinship systems via recentering the child in what we do, and why we do it. We will be exploring the depths of how on-going attempts of colonial agendas have snuck its way into our family systems in the form of what we call, “Adult Supremacy”. After this session participants will have the insights, tools, and leverage to not only ‘Disrupt Adult Supremacy’, they will also be able to immediately apply Liberation-Based approaches and principles within their family/kinship systems. Our children deserve to experience the fullness of their childhood… Let’s ensure they do!
Life Skills Coach Trainer and program presenter with Red Echo Associates, Certified Conscious Coach, presenter of leadership and personal development workshops with CLC, well versed in The Journey Method, Certified in Perception Control Theory, Grief and
NCTR Workshop
Room 2H
06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Honorable Murray Sinclair
Katherine Whitecloud
Katherine Whitecloud is a member of the Wipazoka Wakpa Dakota Oyate, located in southwest Manitoba. Born in her Grandmother’s home, welcomed by her Mamanas, she is the third eldest in a family with five brothers and three sisters. Her Father attended Lebret Indian Residential School, her Mother attended Elkhorn Residential School and her eldest brother attended Brandon, Dauphin and Portage Residential Schools. The greatest blessing in her childhood was her Kunshi and Great Kunshi who never spoke english, never attended school, who only spoke our beautiful Dakota language and lived with Dakod Wicohan, our ways of living, being, enduing ad thriving. It was the foundation for all that came to be in the life gifted to a Dakota child, filled with purpose and a lifetime of service to the People.
