Session #3 - Self-Care for Helpers

• 30-minute presentation

• 15-minute Q&A (or discussion/talking circle)

• Take-home resource sheet

This session will consider the impacts of intergenerational trauma on helpers and the helper client relationship, and how culture-based strategies for creating meaning and connection can minimize triggers and alleviate burnout and compassion fatigue. We’ll also consider how unresolved emotions and survival behaviors affect relationships between colleagues – and how to promote healthier, more supportive workplaces.

Presenter/Facilitator Bio

Suzanne Methot is the author of the non-fiction book Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous  Healing and co-author of the textbook Aboriginal Beliefs, Values, and Aspirations. Her new book for young adults, Killing the Wittigo: Indigenous Culture-Based Approaches to Waking Up,  Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing, will be published in June 2023 by ECW Press. She  has worked as an adult literacy practitioner, as an elementary classroom teacher, and in  advocacy and direct-service positions in Indigenous-led agencies. Suzanne was born in  Vancouver, raised in Sagitawa (Peace River, Alberta), and lived in Toronto for 29 years. She is  Asiniwachi Nehiyaw (Rocky Mountain Cree) of mixed Indigenous and European heritage. She  lives on Gabriola Island, near Nanaimo, BC. For more information, check Suzanne’s website at  https://www.suzannemethot.ca/.

Cost: Free
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/boaUjQRRxjLCJzEx8

This is part of the Maskwacis Cultural College Microlearning Series and is open to the public.
Contact Manisha Khetarpal by email  mkhetarpal@mccedu.ca or call toll free: 1 866 585 3925