| Author(s) | Amanda McLellan; Ariel Veldhuisen; Leona Makokis; Ralph Bodor; Stephanie Tyler |
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From: ohpikinâwasowin/Growing a Child
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Our Project’s Creation Story – Ceremony – Two Worlds – Permission to Wisdom-Seek – Storytelling and Creation Stories – Language – Multiple Truths – The Challenge of Truth and Knowing/Doing – Relational Accountability – It Ends Here – Where We Are Now
Contributors
Leona Makokis
Leona Makokis, EdD, is a member of the Kehewin Cree Nation and has dedicated her life to supporting the growth of programming that balances iyiniw language and worldview with contemporary experiences. Dr. Makokis was the Book’s nôcikwesiw, providing guidance to each project and to the team as a whole. Dr. Makokis is the former president of the University nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills. Her contributions were recognized by an Honorary Degree from the University of Calgary and, in 2012, by the Indspire Award, (formerly the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards) for outstanding lifetime achievement in the field of Indigenous Education.
Ralph Bodor
Ralph Bodor, PhD, RSW, is an Associate Professor with the Edmonton-based Central and Northern Region of the Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary. For the past nineteen years, Dr. Bodor has allied closely with the University nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills to develop and provide culturally relevant social work education and to design and implement numerous research projects and program evaluations using Indigenous methodologies. In 2010 Dr. Bodor was ceremonially given his Cree name, which demonstrates the extent of his contributions to and esteem within the iyiniw community. Specifically recognizing his contributions to Indigenous social work education, Dr. Bodor’s work was honoured through the Killam Trust Innovation in Teaching Award (2010) and the University of Calgary, Native Centre Chief John Snow Award (2017).
Stephanie Tyler
Stephanie Tyler, MSW, RSW, is currently a PhD student at the University of Calgary and a sessional instructor at MacEwan University. She has been involved as a research coordinator/assistant in several of the projects discussed in this publication and was the managing editor for this publication.
Amanda McLellan
Amanda McLellan, MSW, RSW, is a MОtis social worker from Edmonton, Alberta. Inspired by the strength and wisdom of her mother and grandmothers, Amanda has dedicated her career to supporting Indigenous children and families through education, research, storytelling and ceremony.
Ariel Veldhuisen
Ariel Veldhuisen, MSW, RSW, is mother to three young and energetic children and worked as a student researcher studying the concept of truth from Canadian Indigenous perspectives.
Kristina Kopp
Kristina Kopp, MSW, RSW, is a nehiyaw-M.tis iskwew (Cree-MОtis woman) from Edmonton, Alberta. Kristina’s social work education has been focused on learning the nehiyaw worldview and incorporating nehiyaw language and ceremony into social work education and practice.
Suzanne McLeod
Suzanne McLeod, PhD (Candidate), is Anishinaabe from Sagkeeng First Nation, Manitoba. She is currently leading several projects related to Indigenous social, cultural and community development. She has extensive research and evaluation experience including with the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
Sharon Goulet
Sharon Goulet, MSW, RSW, is a Red River MОtis and member of the MОtis Nation of Alberta. Sharon has worked at the City of Calgary for the past 25 years in a variety of positions and is presently working as an Indigenous Issue Strategist in the Indigenous Relations Office. Her work has involved social planning, community development, research and advocacy on issues that concern the Indigenous urban community.
