This interactive two-day workshop will introduce you to the practice of Ethical Space, a powerful conceptual framework designed to support the reconciliation of Indigenous and western worldviews. Experience from Indigenous negotiators and Indigenous negotiations knowledge and theory will be explored. Ethical space provides a strong starting point to advance your particular nation’s protocols regarding relationships establishment and building and supporting agreements based on cultural knowledge and protocols. We will explore how to create both negotiation processes and outcomes which reflect your Indigenous knowledge and culture and share examples.

We will also explore how you define what you are hoping to achieve in your agreements through your own cultural references.

Led by Gwen Bridge and James Rattling Leaf of the Indigenous Engagement Institute, in partnership with COMPASS’s Sarah Sunu and hosted by TREC, with Indigenous negotiator guests, this workshop is a unique opportunity to add a new approach/framework to your negotiation skillset and learn from experienced Indigenous leaders.

Registration Deadline: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 

This training is designed for Indigenous Wilburforce Grantees to support greater skill-building for negotiations amongst Indigenous staff. Spots are limited. Please register to attend, and we will confirm your attendance by 2/05 or Shortly after you register.

Please commit to both sessions, if something comes up and you cannot attend both let TREC know ASAP at trec@trec.org

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Presenter Info:

Gwen Bridge

Gwen Bridge is a member of the Saddle Lake Cree Nation and has been working for over 20 years with First Nations, all levels of government, and the private and nonprofit sectors, across North America, developing relationships and strategies that advance reconciliation. Gwen has been negotiating initiatives and advising on strategies and policies that recognize and implement Indigenous Knowledge, such as in the proposed South Okanagan Similkameen National Park Reserve. Gwen has also recently advised the BC government on better considering indigenous knowledge in collaborative land use planning and forestry-related climate change considerations. Supporting local governments includes developing strategies and principles for becoming “Cities of Reconciliation” and advising on climate change policy and economic development engagement strategies. Indigenous-led conservation focuses recently include the Smelqmix Protected Area and caribou habitat conservation advancement in the territory of the Okanagan Nation Alliance. A recent focus is advancing an understanding of the ecological, economic, and equity-based partnership mechanisms to support our collective reconciliation agenda through training. Read more...

James Rattling Leaf Sr.

I am a citizen of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. My work is centered at the Wolakota Lab, LLC, which works to serve and support Indigenous peoples’ nation rebuilding efforts through the effective and respective application of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western science. I have over 25 years’ working with the U.S. federal government, higher education institutions and non-profits to develop and maintain effective working relationships with federally and non-federally recognized American Indian tribes, tribal colleges and universities and tribal communities. I specialize in supporting Indigenous engagement strategies, teaching Cultural Intelligence (CQ) methods and developing programs that utilize the interface between Indigenous people’s traditional knowledge and Western science. I see a greater vision of human knowledge that incorporates the many insights of human cultures and provides a context for our better understanding of the planet and the world. Read more...

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Made possible by the generous support of Wilburforce Foundation and offered free of charge.