7 - 8 am: Pipe Ceremony, Taylor Institute 100

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

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

Dr. Michael Hart

• From ii’ taa’ poh’to’p to the health and well being of future generation

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

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

10 am - 5 pm: Vendors, Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning foyer

• Artisanal Vendors

• Pat's Ribbon Skirts

  • Mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Pat is the owner of Pat's Ribbon Skirts and Crafts. Beginning her journey in 2019, all the beading and sewing is done by Pat herself with the encouragement of her two daughters. Visit her Facebook to see more. 

• Emerson's Cree Designs

  • Emerson is from Peepeekisis Cree Nation in Treaty 4. Beading for over three years and a full-time student at UCalgary this fall, Emerson creates handmade beaded earrings, necklaces and other accessories. emersonscreedesigns | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree

• Lilley's Creeations

  • Owned by Virginia Sharlow who is Métis. She will be selling her beadwork jewelry, ribbon skirt with detachable overlays, ribbon pants and ribbon dresses and shawls. Visit her Instagram and Facebook to see more. 

• Dancing Northern Lights

  • Tânsi. My name is Bertha Twin and my spirit name is Dancing Northern Lights Woman. I am Cree and Ojibwa with Scottish and French ancestry. I come from the Slave Lake area in northern Alberta. I create ribbon skirts, ribbon shirts, T-dresses, medicine bags, tote bags, and drum bags. Each piece is made with care, intention, and cultural meaning. They reflect the strength, pride, and spirit of Indigenous traditions.

• Sweetgrass Skin Company

  • Infuses wild harvested ingredients from the prairies of Treaty 7 into Bison Tallow sourced from regenerative local ranches. Their skincare is not just a product, but a reclamation of knowledge that highlights our ways of life. Sweetgrass Skin Co. Offers creams, salves, soaps and more. Find out more here. 

• Handmade and Haida

  • John Estey (Yáahl íiwaans) from the Y'akwə'lanas Raven Clan of Old Massett, Haida Gwaii uses the Devil’s Club plant. His family makes it into a salve that helps relieve inflammation, skin issues, and sore muscles. The leftover plant parts are used for protection and good fortune in handmade bead jewelry. John’s daughter is learning cedar bark weaving and plans to have items ready for the market. They will also carry authentic Haida-designed fabric by Shelly Samuels of Yasakw Designs, sold online by the meter and in precuts at markets.

    John also offers three other salves made with:

    • Sidekick Salve with plantain and nettle

    • Skin Soothing Salve with yarrow and dandelion

    • Fireweed Salve with fireweed, plantain, and kokum butter

• Rider Native Art Gallery

• Businesses and Organizations

  • UCalgary Press

  • Fernwood Publishing

  • Indigenous Certification Board of Canada

  • Moose Hide Campaign 

  • Social Workers Association of Alberta (SWAA)

    • SWAA is committed to promoting the profession, advocating together for what matters, and supporting social work in Alberta. SWAA is dedicated to advancing the profession of social work in Alberta by promoting excellence in practice, supporting professional development and the well-being of their members, while providing a platform for collective action towards justice, inclusion and reconciliation. Visit www.myswaa.ca in the meantime.

10:30 am - 12 pm: Parallel Sessions, MacKimmie Tower AND 2nd floor MacEwan AND Taylor Institute

• Room A: Indigenous Social Work Education & Decolonization, MacKimmie Tower 735 (ask check-in desk for directions)

  • Perpetuating Native Hawaiian Indigenous Values and Practices through Interweaving Experiential Learning with Groups and Communities, Tammy Kahalaopuna Kahoʻolemana Martin (90 minute Workshop)

  • Moderated by Souad Alabood

• Room B: Practice-Based Indigenous Social Work, MacKimmie Tower 714 (ask check-in desk for directions)

  • Pūrākau – Whakaora i roto i ngā Kōrero – Healing through Stories, Te Naihi Wilson et al. (30 minute Workshop)

  • Walking Together: Stories of Wellness, Ceremony, and Community Practice, Leeann Hilsen et al. (45 minute Workshop)

  • Moderated by Jioji Ravulo

• Room C: Indigenous Healing, Wellbeing & Health, MacKimmie Tower 712 (ask check-in desk for directions)

  • Advancing Mokopuna Ora: Indigenous Wellness Through Co-design and Relational Practice, Kylee Osborne (45 minute Workshop)

  • 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)

  • Moderated by Wheturangi W

• 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, Michael Yellow Bird 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)

  • Moderated by Hai Luo

• Room 3: Youth Empowerment & Cultural Safety, Taylor Institute 110

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

  • Manaaki Te Mauri Youth Programs, Janelle Hing (30 minute Presentation)

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

  • Moderated by Dana Chaulk

• Room 4: Honouring Indigenous Ways: Decolonizing the Prevention of Violence, Taylor Institute 100

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

  • Moderated by Jennifer Maguire

• Room 5: Indigenous Social Work Education & Decolonization, MacEwan Escalus

  • 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)

  • Moderated by Dakshima Haputhantri

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

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

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

  • Moderated by Michelle Sutherland-Allan

• Room 8: 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)

  • Moderated by Terry Poucette

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

1 - 2 pm: Parallel Sessions, 2nd floor MacEwan AND Taylor Institute

• Room 1: Indigenous Social Work Education & Decolonization, Taylor Institute 140/148

  • Integrated Experiential Learning: Cultivating Strong Foundations Through Community Connection, Sarah Brown Dunkley et al., (60 minute Workshop)

  • Moderated by Terry Poucette

• 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)

  • Moderated by Dana Chaulk

• Room 3: Leadership, Advocacy & Identity,Taylor Institute 110

  • 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 Lose Kanongata'a (30 minute Presentation)

  • Moderated by Hai Luo

• 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 and Locky Bygrave (30 minute Presentation)

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

  • Moderated by Jennifer Maguire

• 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 et al. (30 minute Presentation)

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

  • Moderated by Samara

• Room 6: Practice-Based Indigenous Social Work, MacEwan Cassio A

  • 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)

  • Moderated by Souad Alabood

• 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)

  • Moderated by Maria Osiowy

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

  • 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)

  • Moderated by Zoe Kreutzer

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

2:30 - 3:30 pm: Parallel Sessions, 2nd floor MacEwan AND Taylor Institute

• 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)

  • Moderated by Maria Tukukino

• 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)

  • Moderated by Dana Chaulk

• 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)

  • Moderated by Jennifer Maguire

• 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)

  • Moderated by Hai Luo

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

  • 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)

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

  • Moderated by Samara

• 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)

  • Moderated by Souad Alabood

• 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)

  • The Role of Auntie in Piikani Worldview, Anita Crowshoe (30 minute Presentation)

  • Moderated by Maria Osiowy

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

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

  • Moderated by Zoe Kreutzer

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 AND Taylor Institute

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

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

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

  • Moderated by Gena Edwards

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

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

  • Empowering Indigenous Voices: Speaking Up, Speaking Out, and Sharing Healing Wisdom, Youth Advisory Committee from VACFSS (30 minute Presentation)

  • Moderated by Meri Nathan

• 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)

  • Moderated by Yared B

• 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)

  • Moderated by Bindi Bennett

• 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)

  • Moderated by Anahila Kanongata’a

• 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)

  • Moderated by Terry Poucette

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

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

  • Moderated by Maria Osiowy

• 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)

  • Moderated by Michelle Sutherland-Allan

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

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