7 - 8 am: Pipe Ceremony, MacEwan Hall, ground floor

8 - 9 am: Breakfast, MacEwan Hall, ground floor

9 - 10 am: Plenary Talk, MacEwan Hall, ground floor

Michael Hart

• Talk title TBA

10 - 10:30 am: Break, MacEwan Hall, ground floor

• Guided Smudge, Outside Tipi (weather-dependent) with Blackfoot Knowledge Keeper Julius Hirsch

10:30 am - 12 pm: Parallel Sessions, 2nd floor MacEwan Hall AND Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning

• Room 1: Poster Presentations, Taylor Institute 140/148

• Room 2: Practice-Based Indigenous Social Work, Taylor Institute 118/120

  • The Decolonization Equation: A Conceptual Framework, Hai Luo et al. (30 minute Presentation)

  • Nga Taonga Tuku Iho – Gifts Handed Down From Our Tupuna [Ancestors], Meri Nathan et al. (30 minute Presentation)

  • The Circle Doesn’t Break: Community-Based Family Support, Jessica Bjerkness (30 minute Presentation)

• Room 3: Indigenous Social Work Education & Decolonization, Taylor Institute 110

  • Yarning and Learning: Co-Creating Inclusive Social Work Simulations Grounded in Indigenous Knowledge, Bindi Bennett (30 minute Presentation)

  • He Uri Tapu Koe, Miriama R. Scott (30 minute Presentation)

  • Reflections on the Emergence of Land-Based Field School from Multiple Perspectives, Audra Foggin et al. (30 minute Presentation)

• Room 4: Gender, 2SLGBTQIA+ & Intersectional Healing, Taylor Institute 100

  • Strong Women’s Circle: Achieving Sovereignty in our Children’s Welfare, Valerie Wood (90 minute Presentation)

• Room 5: Indigenous Healing, Wellbeing & Health, MacEwan Escalus

  • Restoring Balance: Indigigogy and Wholistic Wellness in Social Work Education, Kahrhatiròntha (Julie Brant) (90 minute Workshop)

• Room 6: Child Welfare, Kinship & Systems Reform, MacEwan Cassio A

  • Ancestral Knowledge Provoking and Potentialising at the Border...Our Journey of Transforming Statutory Social Work in Aotearoa, New Zealand, Marlane Welsh-Sauni (45 minute Workshop)

  • Wisdom from the Elders: Kinship care processes that honor traditional Indigenous ways, Susan Burke (30 minute Presentation)

• Room 7: Indigenous Social Work Education & Decolonization, MacEwan Cassio B

  • Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā: Affirming Identity, Resilience, and Re-Indigenisation, Rauweti Strickland (30 minute Presentation)

  • Decolonizing Social Work Education: Strategies for Centering Indigenous Knowledge and Transforming Curricula, Hayley A. Brillon et al. (45 minute Workshop)

• Room 8: Indigenous Healing, Wellbeing & Health, MacEwan Bianca

  • Cree Elders Guidance and Male Youth Well-Being, Michael Hart (30 minute Presentation)

  • Our Ancestors Live in our Blood: How Storytelling, Place and Kinship shape our care for Pregnant Indigenous People living with HIV, Candace Neumann (45 minute Workshop)

12 - 1 pm: Lunch, MacEwan Hall, ground floor

1 - 2 pm: Parallel Sessions, 2nd floor MacEwan Hall AND Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning

• Room 1: Practice-Based Indigenous Social Work, Taylor Institute 140/148

  • Sámi Voices in Indigenous Social Work: Strengthening Sami Ethnic Identity Through Music and Yoik, Ann-Mari Anderson (30 minute Presentation)

  • Tairanga i Te Tamaiti - To Raise and Uplift the Child, Brylee Te Rauna Tauri (30 minute Presentation)

• Room 2: Youth Empowerment & Cultural Safety, Taylor Institute 118/120

  • Sexual Health for Urban Indigenous Youth: Collective Wisdom Bundle from Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and Service Providers, Hayley A. Brillon (30 minute Presentation)

  • Exploring the Sexual Health Support Needs of Gender and Sexual Diverse Urban Indigenous Youth in Calgary, Canada, Hayley A. Brillon et al. (30 minute Presentation)

• Room 3: Gender, 2SLGBTQIA+ & Intersectional Healing, Taylor Institute 110

  • No Wrong Door, Maurice Te Moananui (30 minute Presentation)

  • Reclaiming Birthing Sovereignty: The Importance of Social Workers Supporting Indigenous Women and their Families Throughout the Perinatal Journey, Chelsie Wampler (30 minute Presentation)

• Room 4: Indigenous Healing, Wellbeing & Health, Taylor Institute 100

  • Weaving Strength and Holding Stories: Cultural Ways of Navigating Vicarious Trauma From Perspectives of Australian First Nation Social Workers, Bethany Roberts et al. (30 minute Presentation)

  • Beyond Deficit Narratives: Indigenous Worldviews and Strength-Based Approaches to Autism, Dr. Grant Bruno (30 minute Presentation)

• Room 5: Child Welfare, Kinship & Systems Reform, MacEwan Escalus

  • Interweaving Tradition and Modernity: Indigenous Children’s Well-Being in Four Taiwanese Practitioners’ Experiences, Laulav Cavalje (30 minute Presentation)

  • Family Group Conference: Honoring Family Connections, Lisa Champagne (30 minute Presentation)

• Room 6: Indigenous Social Work Education & Decolonization, MacEwan Cassio A

  • Integrated Experiential Learning: Cultivating Strong Foundations Through Community Connection, Sarah Brown Dunkley et al., (30 minute Workshop)

  • Building Siksikaitsitapi Capacity: Sharing the Experiences of Old Sun Community College in the Delivery of an IBSW Program, Derek Chewka (30 min Presentation)

• Room 7: Child Welfare, Kinship & Systems Reform, MacEwan Cassio B

  • Katitj, Nitcha Kaadaninny, Nitcha Kura Kura, Yey, Boordawah, Kalykool - Reflecting My Learning from the Past, to the Present and for the Future, Glenda Kickett (30 minute Presentation)

  • Partnerships for Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Organisations Transforming the Out-of-Home Care System, Nadia Currie et al. (30 minute Presentation)

• Room 8: Leadership, Identity & Advocacy, MacEwan Bianca

  • Art Class as a Medium to Explore Children's Views on Well-Being, Mira Azzasyofia (30 minute Presentation)

  • Fakatoukatea Indigenous Leadership Framework - Wisdom from Tonga, Anahila Kanongata'a (30 minute Presentation)

2 - 2:30 pm: Break, MacEwan Hall, ground floor

2:30 - 3:30 pm: Parallel Sessions, 2nd floor MacEwan Hall AND Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning

• Room 1: Practice-Based Indigenous Social Work, Taylor Institute 140/148

  • The Beating Drum or the Dripping Tap: Influencing Social Work Practice with Indigenous Children, Families, and Communities through Right Relationships, Lisa-Marie Francisca King (30 minute Presentation)

  • Preparing Social Work Students for Culturally Responsive Practice with Indigenous Peoples – The Role Ally Work can Play, Susan Young et al. (30 minute Presentation)

• Room 2: Youth Empowerment & Cultural Safety, Taylor Institute 118/120

  • Tamariki Māori Voices Challenging Western Discourses - Development of a Healthy Relationship Wellbeing Continuum, Moana Eruea et al. (30 minute Presentation)

  • Adult Familial Influences on Rural Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Youths’ E-Cigarette Use, Sarah Momilani Marshall (30 minute Presentation)

• Room 3: Gender, 2SLGBTQIA+ & Intersectional Healing, Taylor Institute 110

  • El Pueblo Xinka, Presente! Indigenous Organizing Against Exploitation and Extractivism for Autonomy and Dignity, David Nisthal et al. (30 minute Presentation)

  • Reclaiming Our Stories, Reclaiming Ourselves: Two-Spirit Storytelling as Resistance and Healing, Julianna Peter-Paul (30 minute Presentation)

• Room 4: Indigenous Healing, Wellbeing & Health, Taylor Institute 100

  • A Tribal Response to Maintaining a Place of Being to Promote Wellbeing in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Kelly Bevan (30 minute Presentation)

  • Reconceptualizing Urban Spaces as Indigenous Homelands in Taiwan, Kui Kasirisir (Hsu Chun-Tsai) (30 minute Presentation)

• Room 5: Child Welfare, Kinship & Systems Reform, MacEwan Escalus

  • PhD Proposal: Indigenous Fathers and the Child Welfare System in Manitoba, Leona Huntinghawk (30 minute Presentation)

  • Walking Together: Embedding the Doolan Model of Care in an Emerging Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (ACCO) and Reforming Out-of-Home Care in Western Australia, Glenda Kickett (30 minute Presentation)

• Room 6: Indigenous Social Work Education & Decolonization, MacEwan Cassio A

  • Bypassing the learning journey; The Threat of GenAI in Indigenous Social Work, Michelle Sutherland-Allan (30 minute Presentation)

  • Widening The Pathway; The Challenges of Moving the Academy and Profession Beyond “A Sprinkling of Beads and Feathers”, Michelle Sutherland-Allan et al. (30 minute Presentation)

• Room 7: Child Welfare, Kinship & Systems Reform, MacEwan Cassio B

  • How to Open Up Social Work Research So That Everyone Can Participate and We Can All Learn and Heal Together, Mary Anne Clarke (30 minute Presentation)

  • TBA (30 minute Presentation)

• Room 8: Gender, 2SLGBTQIA+ & Intersectional Healing, MacEwan Bianca

  • Burnt Toast & Black Coffee, Sherry Gott (45 minute Presentation)

3:30 - 4 pm: Break, MacEwan Hall, ground floor

• Tipi open to visit, Outside Tipi (weather-dependent)

4 - 5 pm: Parallel Sessions, 2nd floor MacEwan Hall AND Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning

• Room 1: Practice-Based Indigenous Social Work, Taylor Institute 140/148

  • TWSWA's Contribution to Social Work Practice, Whitiao Paul et al. (30 minute Presentation)

  • TBA (30 minute Presentation)

• Room 2: Youth Empowerment & Cultural Safety, Taylor Institute 118/120

  • TOHATOHA: An Indigenous Approach to Positive Youth Development in Aotearoa New Zealand, Sharyn Roberts (30 minute Presentation)

  • Apiti Hono Tātai Hono - Reconnecting and Strengthening our Sacred Bloodties, Moana Eruera (30 minute Presentation)

• Room 3: Gender, 2SLGBTQIA+ & Intersectional Healing, Taylor Institute 110

  • An Anishinaabe Case Study on the Impacts of Institutional Culture and Workload on Wellness: Experiences of Six Indigenous Women Scholars in British Columbia, Ursula Filis (30 minute Presentation)

  • Ashaa A'maa: We Were Always Here; 2S Ways of Being, Jac Nobiss (30 minute Presentation)

• Room 4: Indigenous Healing, Wellbeing & Health, Taylor Institute 100

  • Radical Indigenous Self Care-Beyond Bubble Baths, Melanie Lansall (30 minute Presentation)

  • Tōu Ake Mana: Empowering Indigenous Voices through Practice, Justina Webster (30 minute Presentation)

• Room 5: Child Welfare, Kinship & Systems Reform, MacEwan Escalus

  • The support needs of kinship caregivers providing long-term care, Susan Burke (30 minute Presentation)

  • Weetunikwee: Walking Together for Wellness and Liberation, Tanya Dawn McDougall et al. (30 minute Presentation)

• Room 6: Indigenous Social Work Education & Decolonization, MacEwan Cassio A

  • Walking Together: Integrating Indigenous Voices into Social Work Education and Practice, Michelle Rainer Bates-Hoaglin et al. (30 minute Presentation)

  • Bridging Spirituality and Social Work: Integrating Indigenous Healing Practices in Japan's Social Work Landscape through the Lens of an Okinawan/Ainu Social Worker, Vince Okada et al. (30 minute Presentation)

• Room 7: Child Welfare, Kinship & Systems Reform, MacEwan Cassio B

  • Úcwalmicw Stsmal̓t A7x7úlm̓ecw (Indigenous Children Are Sacred), Kwiks Ti7na (Gena Edwards) (45 minute Workshop)

• Room 8: Leadership, Identity & Advocacy, MacEwan Bianca

  • Needed Actions to Further Embed Social Work’s Ethical Principles with the Undivided Whole Worldview of Interconnected Webs of Relationships, Richard Ramsay (30 minute Presentation)

5 pm: Guided Smudge, Outside Tipi (weather-dependent) with Blackfoot Knowledge Keeper Julius Hirsch

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