Cultural Awareness Workshop a Success

1. Until 1985, Status Indian women who married a non-'Indian' automatically lost their rights. True or False? 
2. There were roughly 10,000 Aboriginal people living in what we call North and Central America at the time of contact with Europeans. True or False? 
3. Statistics confirm that the three most widely spoken Aboriginal languages have a good chance of survival. True or False?

If you answered true/false/true to the above questions, then you might have won the prize if you were among the staff at the Specific Claims Tribunal earlier this week when Jennifer David facilitated a cultural awareness workshop, The one day session entitled "Seeing Red: an Introduction to First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada" provided an opportunity for the 15 staff members at the Tribunal to have an "Aboriginal 101" training course.

Topics included: "Who are these people, anyways?" "Politically Correct Nomenclature", "Dispelling Stereotypes", "Defining Moments in Canadian History" and "Healing and Resilience." The multimedia and interactive workshop also included our Stonecircle "Tribial Pursuit" quiz with questions like the ones listed above.

If you know of an organization or government department that might require a customizable one-day Aboriginal awareness workshop, please contact Jennifer.