Facilitator: Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC)

Indigenous Cultural Competency Training (ICCT) is designed for the development of necessary skills, knowledge, attitudes, and values that will support participants in building meaningful and informed relationships with urban Indigenous communities.

Cycle 1 focuses on the early relationship between the Crown, Canada, and Indigenous peoples. Through an interactive presentation and group breakout sessions participants will explore:

• OFIFC’s Relationship Framework
• The Urban Indigenous Action Plan
• History of the Friendship Centre Movement
• Legal Terms and Cultural Understandings of Identity
• Settler Colonial Logics
• Legislative History
• Residential Schools and Intergenerational Impacts

*Please note that there is an independent, pre-training module that must be completed ahead of joining the Day 2 session for Cycle 1.  Upon registration confirmation, participants will receive information on how to access the pre-training modules.