Resources for Leadership

In Plain Sight Report and the Implications for Health Leadership: In this webinar, Harmony Johnson reflects on the In Plain Sight Report: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in B.C. Health Care nearly two years since its release. She explores the key meta-findings from the report and considers the implications for human beings and leaders working in the health sector. Although the In Plain Sight Report focuses on the B.C. health care system, the lessons shared are relevant and applicable for all leaders working in Canada: link

Relational Systems Thinking: Over the past few decades, Systems Theory, Systems Thinking, Systems Change, and so on have become popular topics in the field of Leadership Studies. However, many of the underlying systems principles derived from ancient wisdom in Indigenous cultures worldwide. Drawing upon her 2021 article, Relational Systems Thinking: That's how change is going to come, from our Earth Mother, as well as her doctoral work engaging in conversations with Haudenosaunee Elders and Western systems thinkers, Melanie identifies cross-cultural dialogues as a doorway to healing, transformation, and spiritual understanding. link

A Trauma-Informed Approach to Cultural Safety: In this webinar explores Indigenous Cultural Safety (ICS) through a trauma-informed lens.

Harley Eagle offers insights into: 

• Foundational understandings of Indigenous Cultural Safety which would include a description of a cultural safety learning journey. 

• Foundational understanding of the colonial history of Canada from Indigenous perspectives. 

• Foundational understandings of Systemic Racism and its connection to colonization. 

• Understanding of and actions to address systemic racism at the personal, intra-personal, classroom, and institutional levels.  link