Reflections on Resilience: The Legacy of Residential Schools

In October this year, I travelled to Canada for work and on the first night of arrival, while still jet lagged and sleepless, I was searching the internet to read about the culture of First Nations peoples of Canada. There I came across a series of 6 videos between the international expert in humanitarian law, Professor Kathleen Mahoney and the former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Larry Philip Fontaine facilitated by the Canadian TV Journalist Lisa LaFlamme.
It was an extremely rich discussion where one could learn so much about the history and culture of Canada and a telling story of #culturechange.
A couple of weeks ago I was fortunate to have both Kathleen and Phil on my podcast #embracingdifferences. I was humbled that both of them gave me their time to share their stories which I can now share within my own community.
You may think what has the risk and safety industry got to do with the history of the Indigenous people and to this I say give it a listen. It’s a great lesson for anyone interested in understanding culture and how to successfully create culture change.