Moving Toward A Stronger Future: An Aboriginal Resource Guide For Community Development
Aboriginal communities are going through accelerated change across Canada. Each community is at a different stage in their development. When we take a step back into history we can see how as independent Nations we were quite inter-dependent with creation and dependent on one another for survival. This whole interaction was disrupted with the onset of a whole range of impacts from contact with European explorers, settlers, missionaries from diseases of every kind to Residential schools… and the list goes on. The disruption was so damaging that every Aboriginal community in Canada has wounds of one kind or another that they are still dealing with today. But, the healing journey is moving along at different rates for each community and we are reclaiming our rightful place in the country and committing to positive change. We are taking greater strides in leadership, re-organization, and getting back to the principles and values that helped us thrive over many thousands of years. (more…)
Campaign to raise greater awareness of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
In 2010, Little Black Bear & Associates was privileged to be part of a campaign to raise greater awareness of a very important issue in Manitoba known as SIDS or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. We worked specifically with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs’ Strengthening Families Maternal Child Health program, First Nations & Inuit Health, and Vincent Design to develop a multifaceted approach to raising awareness. (more…)
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Posted on December 6, 2011
Facilitation Skills needs some respect
Having been a professional facilitator now for over 17 years, I have travelled all across the country working with mostly First Nation and Metis organizations. If there is one skill set that is truly needed in our Aboriginal communities in this country, it's knowing how to facilitate the creation of action plans and then knowing how to facilitate their implementation.
Posted on December 6, 2011
Aboriginal Literacy Symposium 2011 sparks keen interest!
The issue of literacy in Aboriginal communities is gaining greater prominence across the land as the inaugural gathering held at the Victoria Inn in Winnipeg on November 1st and 2nd garnered attention. Little Black Bear coordinated this gathering which attracted over 150 people from mostly Manitoba but there were a few from out of province as far away as New Brunswick and the Northwest Territories.
Posted on December 5, 2011
Aboriginal Resource Guide Reaches Aboriginal Communities in Canada
Little Black Bear & Associates has been engaged in a process with the Aboriginal Corrections Policy Unit, Public Safety Canada - to train facilitators across Canada in the use of a new tool titled, "An Aboriginal Resource Guide for Community Development".
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