In person: Nanaimo - General Engagement Session

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• 8:00 a.m. – Room Open

• Continental breakfast and coffee provided

• 9:00 a.m. – Welcome, Housekeeping

• Opening prayer
• Opening Remarks from FNLC
• Review of work done to date
• Housekeeping

• 9:20 a.m. – Enowkinwixw

• Overview of process

• 9:30 a.m. – 15-Minute Wellness Break
• 9:45 a.m. – Circle of Introductions (everyone will have 2-minutes to introduce themselves)

• Who am I? What does it mean to me when it comes to standing up our jurisdiction for children and families?

• 11:00 a.m. – 15-Minute Wellness Break

• Team prep for breakouts

• 11:15 a.m. – Breakouts (60 minutes)

• TRADITION: How do we prioritize traditional ways
• INNOVATION: How do we decolonize Indigenous child well-being services
• ACTION: How do we centre children and youth
• RELATIONSHIP: How do we promote healing

• 12:15 p.m. – Report Back

• 20 minutes (4 minutes each group) give a brief overview of what your group discussed

• 12:30 p.m. – Morning Session End

• Lunch provided – caregivers back at 2:00 p.m.

Afternoon Caregivers Only Session 

• 2:00 p.m. – Welcome Back

• This afternoon session is for caregivers

• 2:15 p.m. – Caregiver Knowledge Sharing

• Sharing experiences of how our communities and nations can better support our caregivers

• 3:15 p.m. – Closing

• Closing Prayer

• 3:30 p.m. – End