Membership Benefits
I raise my hands to your desire to improve the cultural safety of your practice. Culturally Committed is here to support you on your journey.
Professional
Membership
This membership is for providers who offer direct services to Indigenous client. Providers will have the opportunity to promote their Culturally Committed identity via printed, physical, and digital resources, and will have access to client feedback that can be utilized to improve the cultural safety of their practice.
Active Ally
Membership
This membership is for individuals who are seeking opportunities to learn about cultural safety and humility, and wish to be active in their pursuit towards reconciliation.
Ally is an action word; it's not what you say -- it's what you do.
If you are interested in our workshops but aren't ready to commit to a Membership,
you can choose to register for a Culturally Committed Workshop Series.
(Workshop Series are INCLUDED in the Membership)
Rocky James
How Culturally Committed Are
You to Heteronormativity?
of Penelakut Tribe
Part One ~ Untangling the Binary
February 15th 2023 | 6-8pm PST
We grow up in a world where the male-female binary is the norm. However, when applying a critical queer Indigenous lens in the context of the Coast Salish, one can be left wondering how much heteronormativity is traditional and how much has been imposed by colonizing processes. Moreover, in what ways can the word Two-Spirit challenge our understanding of the male-female binary? Answering these questions can help us revisit how history has informed current theory, policy, and practice.
Part Two ~ Decolonization, Reconciliation, and Equity
March 15th 2023 | 6-8pm PST
What do we mean when we use the word decolonize, especially when it comes to public health education and mental health promotion for/with Indigenous people. Reconciliation is an intergenerational process, but how do we include Two-Spirit people? Where can a queer Indigenous vision take our theory, policy, and practice? The way Two-Spirit people are treated by their communities and service providers can provide insight into just how well we’re achieving reconciliation.
Please note: Session replay will be available for 30 days from date of recording.
"...Elders talk about how you never go to visit someone empty handed, meaning when you go to ask someone a question, you'd bring them an offering. A fish, a blanket, some beads, something."
Jared Qwustenuxun Williams
Knowledge Keeper, Unceded Quw'utson Territory
At Culturally Committed, we are determined to do this work in a good way. This is why all of our workshop contributors receive compensation, and honorariums are provided to our incredible Mentors.
