Lunch and Learn: Cultural Education
The Social Planning Council is very excited to be partnering with Elder Mollie Bono and the Okanagan Regional Library to host a Cultural Education Series designed to increase the effectiveness of service providers who may be working with Indigenous clients.
The lunch time sessions are free! No pre-registration, just drop in. You don?t have attend all the sessions in a series, just pick the dates/topics that work best for you.
Date and Time
Wednesday Feb 19, 2020
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PST
Wednesdays, Noon to 1 p.m.
Jan. 29 - Introduction to the Sylix people through storytelling
Feb. 5 - Overview of the history of the Salishan people
Feb. 12 - Smudging and ceremony
Feb. 19 - The four food chiefs, food gathering, preservation, preparation
Feb. 26 - Colonization, the Indian Act and residential schools
March 4 - Colonization, the KAIROS blanket exercise
March 11 - The ongoing impact of colonization: suicide, prison, addiction, violence
March 18 - How does colonization affect the people you serve?
Location
Okanagan Regional Library, 2800 30th Avenue
(Community Room)
Fees/Admission
The lunch time sessions are free! No pre-registration, just drop in. You don?t have attend all the sessions in a series, just pick the dates/topics that work best for you.
