Trauma-Informed by Design: Indigenous Approaches to Research, Programs & Public Health

Overview

Delivery method

Online

Duration

2.5 Hours per Session, 5 Hours Total

Audience

All HC and PHAC Employees

Description

This two-day training invites participants to rethink how research, programs, services, and public health initiatives are designed and delivered with Indigenous Peoples and communities centered.

Drawing on Indigenous perspectives and trauma-informed principles, including safety, trust, choice, voice, relationship, cultural humility, reciprocity, and self-determination, participants will explore how systems and practices can unintentionally create harm, and reflect on what becomes possible when one designs differently. Participants will leave with practical ideas, strategies and tools they can apply immediately to the work they do and new questions to bring back to their teams.

Session Facilitators

• Dr. Tera Beaulieu (she/her) is a Citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario, with ancestral roots from the Métis communities of St. Laurent, Manitoba, and Lebret, Saskatchewan. She is the founder and Director of the Weaving Wellness Centre, a private clinical and consulting practice dedicated to supporting the health and wellbeing of Indigenous peoples and communities. Dr. Beaulieu holds a PhD in Counselling and Clinical Psychology from the University of Toronto. Her doctoral research explored the supports and challenges of Métis traditional knowledge in addressing key life transitions around mental health, education, and employment among urban Métis people experiencing homelessness. She currently practices as a Registered Psychotherapist in Ontario and as a Counselling Therapist in Alberta, and brings a deeply relational and culturally grounded approach to her clinical work. Tera also serves as a principal consultant to governments and organizations advancing work in health and wellness, trauma-informed care, and Indigenous mental health.
• Krystine Abel (Anishinaabekwe, M'Chigeeng First Nation) is an experienced Indigenous health, mental wellness, education, and systems transformation leader with more than a decade of experience leading complex initiatives across health, mental health, education, and community settings. Her experience spans leadership, program and curriculum development, implementation, evaluation, workforce development, knowledge mobilization, and cross-sector engagement. She has worked collaboratively with Indigenous communities, health and social service organizations, educators, clinicians, researchers, and government partners. Krystine holds a Master of Education and Master of Social Work and is a Registered Social Worker. Her work is grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing and relational approaches, supporting more culturally grounded, responsive, and sustainable approaches to health, wellness, and education.