For Corporate Groups
Cultivating a Culture of Equity and Belonging in Your Organization
Interactive Workshops
This program is tailored for Personal, Business, Education, Community, Human Resources, and Government settings. It enhances and supports the learning of Indigenous Cultural Sensitivity and creates a framework for active understanding and relationship building.
Cultural sensitivity is more important than ever, and our goal is to provide you, your employees and your business with real time experiences to increase your understanding of Indigenous culture, ways of knowing and being.
Calls to Action
In its final report, published in 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada recommended 94 Calls To Action, one of which specifically addresses the responsibilities of the corporate sector:
92. We call upon the corporate sector in Canada to adopt the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a reconciliation framework and to apply its principles, norms, and standards to corporate policy and core operational activities involving Indigenous peoples and their lands and resources. This would include, but not be limited to, the following:
i. Commit to meaningful consultation, building respectful relationships, and obtaining the free, prior, and informed consent of Indigenous peoples before proceeding with economic development projects.
ii. Ensure that Aboriginal peoples have equitable access to jobs, training, and education opportunities in the corporate sector, and that Aboriginal communities gain long-term sustainable benefits from economic development projects.
iii. Provide education for management and staff on the history of Aboriginal peoples, including the history and legacy of residential schools, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Treaties and Aboriginal rights, Indigenous law, and Aboriginal–Crown relations. This will require skills based training in intercultural competency, conflict resolution, human rights, and anti-racism.
Through our program, we aim to promote greater awareness and understanding, fostering an opportunity for a connection towards active and sustained Truth and Reconciliation efforts. Our sessions are available for both large groups and individuals, and are conducted in a safe and respectful learning environment.
Benefits
A Journey Begins workshops are:
- Interactive, engaging, inclusive and fun
- Connected to your learning goals
- Customized to your individual needs
Details
Price starts at $3500; subject to change based on needs and previous learning.
About Christopher
Christopher Stock’s teachings are rooted in Indigenous culture, history, and languages that have survived for generations. With over 30 years of experience working with learners of all ages, Chris has honed a unique teaching style that provides an interactive cultural experience, offering participants the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of indigenous ways of knowing and being.
No time ever spent with someone has been so engaging, so empowering, so enlightening. Every time I know we will meet up to continue the journey stirs me keenly afresh.
– Dr. J. Patrick Boyer, Q.C., President, Canadian Shield Communications Corporation