WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES

QNW offers a number of workshops and conferences that touch on the various issues on which the organization is working in order to train and/or raise awareness of participants to Indigenous realities. Click on the workshop or conference of your choice for more information.

• Sexual Assault Awareness Workshop: My Sexuality, It's About Respect: Break The Silence! (In person)

  This workshop includes a variety of information on sexual assault by addressing the following themes: myths and realities about sexual assault; definitions surrounding sexuality; statistics in the Indigenous environment; consequences of sexual assault on children, adults and adults who were victims as children; tips for listening to and guiding a victim; as well as the impact of colonization on sexuality. The number of activities offered during the workshop may vary according to the time available and the needs of participants.

  Duration: Half-day or full-day workshop.

  Registration: contact us by email at bphilippe@faq-qnw.org or use our online form in the Contact Us section.

  
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• Health Workshops (Teams Link) (4)

  The following workshops will be offered free of charge, online, to Indigenous communities for an indefinite period of time.

  List of workshops available online:

  1. “Indigenous Women and Colonization” – MANDATORY –
  Duration: 3 hours
  Target audience: Community workers only
  In this workshop, the themes addressed are: colonization, the Indian Act, the Residential School System and the 60s Scoop. Each theme is addressed in order to highlight the many social issues present in communities today.
  This workshop is not only for non-Indigenous people, but also for Indigenous people, because we don’t know everything about our own history.

  2. “Indigenous Women’s Health: Humanizing the Issues”
  Duration: 3 hours
  Target audience: Community workers only
  This workshop is designed to place the issue in its socio-historical context and then explore the elements that are the determinants of Indigenous women’s safety in community and urban settings. Themes addressed include racism, housing, access to services, relationships with police and family violence. As a conclusion, possible solutions will be proposed.

  3. “Tools for Better Intervention”
  Duration: 3 hours
  Target audience: Community workers only
  This workshop is designed specifically for community workers. It addresses the needs of a victim of violence, the work tools that Quebec Native Women has developed, confidentiality, networking, etc.

  4. “Sexual Exploitation, Trafficking and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women”
  Duration: 3 hours
  Target audience: Community workers only
  This workshop offers an insight into the difference between sexual exploitation, trafficking and prostitution, highlights the needs of our communities in terms of awareness and prevention, and also raises awareness of the needs of the families of missing or murdered people (men, women or children).

  *We consider all employees of the health centre, as well as police officers, nurses, teachers, front line resources, psychologists, etc. as community workers.

  Sample agenda for an online workshop:

  8:30 to 8:40 am Beginning of the day with a prayer by an Elder
  8:40 to 11:40 am Mandatory workshop
  “Indigenous women and Colonization”, 3 hours
  11:40 am to 12 pm Question period

  In order to fully understand workshops 2-3 and 4, it is essential for community workers to have completed the Indigenous Women and Colonization workshop.

  The workshops can be scheduled during the day or evening and end no later than 9:00 pm.

  For more information, please contact Isabelle Paillé, Health Coordinator, by email at health@faq-qnw.org.

  
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• Domestic, Family, and Sexual Violence in Indigenous Environments (Pre-recorded training)

  Domestic, Family, and Sexual Violence in Indigenous Environments

  INTRODUCTION

  This training is geared towards raising awareness and equipping the various socio-judicial stakeholders with the realities specific to the Indigenous context in terms of conjugal, family and sexual violence. Five specialists provide an in-depth presentation of the causes, issues and implications of these different types of violence in Indigenous environments. They also present solutions and advice for workers involved with Indigenous victims of domestic, family and sexual violence.

  Specialized speakers and researchers:
  • Pierre Picard, Groupe de recherche et d’interventions psychosociales en milieu autochtone
  • Isabelle Paillé, Quebec Native Women
  • Jeannie Nayoumealuk, Saturviit
  • Cheyenne Vachon, Maison d’hébergement de Kawawachikamach
  • Renée Brassard, École de travail social et de criminologie de l’Université Laval

  OBJECTIVES

  Understanding the root causes of the prevalence of domestic, family and sexual violence in Indigenous contexts and the specific issues experienced by Indigenous victims of violence.
  Recognizing the specificities of violence in an Indigenous environment.
  Identifying ways to take into account the specific characteristics of violence in Indigenous environments when working with victims.

  PLAN

  75-minute video clip divided into seven parts:
  1 The root causes of the prevalence of domestic, family and sexual violence
  2 The specific nature of violence in Indigenous communities
  3 Additional difficulties when it comes to reporting
  4 Sexual abuse
  5 Preferred solutions
  6 Intervention tips
  7 Conclusion

  VIRTUAL ASYNCHRONOUS
  Videoclip

  Training for which eligibility has been confirmed by the Barreau du Québec for the purposes of mandatory continuing education, for a duration of 1 hour and 15 minutes.

  This training is offered within the framework of the Sexual Violence and Domestic Violence Court.