ALIGN CONNECTIONS For Indigenous Children/Youth & Caregivers June 2025

 June 18, 2025

CONNECTIONS is monthly newsletter designed to support Foster and Kinship Caregivers to ensure First Nations, Metis & Inuit children in their care have access to cultural resources, activities and events that broaden their cultural awareness.

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ALIGN's 20 Great Ways for Children, Youth & Families to Honour National Indigenous History Month

Check out this fun, interactive, flip-card activity for children, youth and families! This June is everyone's opportunity to recognize and honour the achievements, history and rich cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in Canada.

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Seeds of Transformation Framework, Strategy for Belonging (Tamarack)

 June 5, 2025

Built by listening to their community, Seeds of Transformation shares how the Tamarack Institute is building equity, anti-racism, and reconciliation into the heart of their work, through governance, strategy, policy, partnerships, and culture.

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Podcast: Episode 34: Purpose-Built Indigenous Spaces (Enough for All)

Jaclyn Silbernagel connects with Buddie Dixon and Shawna Morning Bull, the co-chairs of the Indigenous Gathering Place.

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Video Wahkohtowin: Cree Natural Law (BearPaw Media and Education)

Learn about the difference between Canadian law and Cree Natural Law

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ALIGN Report "Empowering Futures: Gatherings for Indigenous Child Welfare Sovereignty" April 2025 

 May 24, 2025

The ALIGN gathering, Empowering Futures Gatherings in Treaty 6 (Edmonton) and Treaty 7 (Calgary), focused on Indigenous Child Welfare Sovereignty, allowing us to engage in deep discussions about Indigenous jurisdiction over child welfare, the barriers and opportunities in Alberta, and what meaningful action looks like moving forward.

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ALIGN CONNECTIONS For Indigenous Children/Youth & Caregivers May 2025

 May 21, 2025

CONNECTIONS is monthly newsletter designed to support Foster and Kinship Caregivers to ensure First Nations, Metis & Inuit children in their care have access to cultural resources, activities and events that broaden their cultural awareness.

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Report: Indigenous Shelter Diversion and Eviction Prevention May 2025 (Canadian Observatory on Homelessness)

 May 15, 2025

Through an environmental scan of literature and existing programs, this report adopts a decolonizing lens to explore Indigenous perspectives on prevention, including diversion from shelters and preventing eviction.

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Our Children Are Sacred Indigenous Youth Suicide Prevention Course (Ben Calf Robe Society)

 May 6, 2025

“Our Children Are Sacred” is a Youth Suicide Prevention Course and resource for adults interacting with individuals at risk for suicide.

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