Aboriginal Awareness Month - Staff Training

Date/Time: 
November 29, 2013 - 9:00am
Date/Time: 
November 29, 2013 - 1:00pm
Where: 
North Campus, Community Room

Please join us in celebrating Aboriginal Awareness Month at Humber. Choose one of two sessions on November 26, 2013: 9 a.m. - 12 noon OR 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.


Keynote Speaker:
Banakonda Bell
Professor, Ryerson University, SSW Program
Traditional Teacher, Healer

Banakonda has developed a solid reputation for teaching and facilitating strategic approaches to working with and understanding the cultural protocols and distinctive worldview of Aboriginal people and educators. She has built successful healing programs and Aboriginal sensitivity training locally for First Nations Technical Institute (FNTI), Nipis-sing First Nation, Ryerson University and internationally in Akwesasne, New York, and Indigenous communities in Chile, South America.

Training Objective:

Build employee awareness of Indigenous history and worldviews, in order to foster community at Humber and ensure we have a welcoming and respectful place for all Aboriginal peoples.

RSVP:

Maureen Martin-Edey
Phone: 416.675.6622 ext 4509
Email: learninghrs@humber.ca