DATES

Friday – March 10, 17, 24, and 31, from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. PST

We welcome any questions or concerns you may have. Please connect with kinSHIFT at enquiries@kinSHIFT.ca or find us on our website or Facebook page.

What to Expect

Our approach is often described as medicine for relationships because of the encouragement and inspiration it provides. To foster inspiration, our workshops use fun activities that engage the imagination to help us expand our thinking. Indigenous ways of learning are experiential and holistic. In Indigenous culture, learning is about observation, action, reflection, relationships and storytelling.

In our workshops, we use the arts to help us develop flexible thinking so we can shift our patterns of being in relationships. Our workshops model learning environments that foster emotional safety, where we can courageously practice disrupting our unconscious social patterns.

The purpose of these workshops is to facilitate a deeper awareness of the truth of Canada’s relationship with Indigenous peoples and set in motion a desire to contribute to change.As we implement the principles and skills introduced, we increase capacity for:

Courage: the confidence to be imperfect, to be in the unknown, to hear challenging ideas, to feel, to be vulnerable, and to stretch beyond our comfort.

Compassion: kindness, building understanding of others experiences, honouring differences.Inclusion: the ability to notice your position of power and privilege and respond with equity and inclusion.

Social-Cultural Literacy: the use of respectful terms, some knowledge of history and place.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much are tickets?

The four-part series is $395 CAD plus applicable tax and Eventbrite fees. Taken singularly, each Elements of Truth workshop is $100 CAD plus applicable tax and Eventbrite fees.

Use the following promotional codes to access 25% discounted volume pricing:

• KINSHIFTSERIES25 (when registering 5+ people to attend the entire series for the same dates)
• KINSHIFTWORKSHOP25 (when registering 5+ people to attend the same singular workshop for the same date)

• Registering a team of 20 or more? Contact us at enquiries@kinSHIFT.ca for deeper group discounting

If you’re registering a group, please note that each individual member should join from their own device. Elements of Truth uses Zoom’s breakout room feature for smaller group discussions. These are most effective when each participant joins independently.

Who should attend this training?

Non-Indigenous settlers interested in cultivating stronger relationships with Indigenous peoples and place.

What outcomes can I expect?

Earth – Overview of our shared history and impacts of colonization and explores how Indigenous worldviews inform our journey towards a better future for all.

Air – Introduces the connection between implicit bias and injustice and looks at how embracing diversity is necessary for collective survival.

Fire – Reflection on social positioning and our potential to make the necessary change towards reconciliation.

Water – Raises consciousness of the impacts of micro-aggressions in anti-Indigenous racism and supports our motion towards transformative learning and communication.

Do I have to participate in all four workshops?

No. We encourage you to attend all four workshops (Earth, Air, Fire and Water), but have designed Elements of Truth so that you can learn, participate, and contribute in any one workshop regardless, if you are a new or returning participant.

How should I prepare?

We’ll provide optional and light pre and post-workshop reading via email once you’ve registered.

I won’t be near a computer—can I call in?

All kinSHIFT workshops are interactive and are most impactful when we can see and hear each other. While you can call in, Elements of Truth is best attended using a video-capable device, laptop or desktop.

We help settlers cultivate relationships with Indigenous peoples and place. kinSHIFT is an Indigenous-led initiative supporting settlers to gain the knowledge and skills to foster respectful relationships with Indigenous peoples and places. Our experiential, arts-based workshops allow participants to learn, practice, ask questions, and make mistakes in a safer environment, all while building a foundation for engaging meaningfully with Indigenous peoples.

Revenue generated from kinSHIFT directly funds our empowerment work with Indigenous youth and communities. Thank you for your support.

kinSHIFT is a project of IndigenEYEZ, a community-based initiative that has been empowering emerging Indigenous leaders since 2013. IndigenEYEZ is a project on MakeWay’s shared platform.