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Course Description

This two-day module will offer stories and experiences of working with incarcerated youth as well as children in care, providing a variety of examples of wholistic, colonial trauma-informed approaches to practice with young people. This module encourages participants to build and develop their wholistic practices in working with youth based on their strengths and resiliency. Together in circle, participants will share their own stories of supporting Indigenous children and youth, expanding their bundles of wholistic knowledge. 

Course Outline

This module will: 

  • Provide education on the unique impacts of colonial trauma on Indigenous youth and children within their communities. 

  • Offer real-world examples and stories of working with Indigenous children and youth. 

  • Provide a cooperative, interactive learning environment for developing a wholistic bundle rooted in Indigenous knowledge and practices. 

Learner Outcomes

Participants will: 

  • Increase their understanding of how colonial trauma impacts children and youth. 

  • Begin learning how to respond to the unique negative impacts of colonial trauma on young people through a wholistic, trauma-informed lens. 

  • Develop knowledge on how to integrate culture, spirit, and Indigenous understandings of health into their work with children and youth. 

Notes

This workshop is developed and delivered by the Centre for Indigegogy. To learn more about the Centre for Indigegogy, please visit our website wlu.ca/fsw/indigegogy

Due to the sensitive nature of our programming, we do not permit Zoom recordings or the use of AI note-taking technology.   

Questions? Please contact us at indigegogy@wlu.ca

Recommendations

This workshop makes up 14 out of 84 hours required to receive the Wholsitic Healing Practices and Colonial Trauma Certificate. Modules 1, 2 and 4 are mandatory core modules.

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

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Section Title
Wholistic Healing Practices Certificate, Module 8 "Dewaganose: Supporting Healing in Children and Youth"
Type
Remote
Days
Th, F
Time
9:00AM to 4:30PM
Dates
Mar 12, 2026 to Mar 13, 2026
Schedule and Location
Total Hours
14.0
Course Fee(s)
Course Fee non-credit $350.00
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