The Native Women’s Association of Canada has created Restoring the Circle, a free online training program for service providers. The goal is to help them provide trauma-informed, culturally safe, and intersectional services for, to, and with 2SLGBTQ+ Indigenous people.
This e-learning program is intended for service providers and is divided into two self-led courses with multiple lessons that you can work through at your own pace.
Part 1 focuses on recognizing and celebrating the diversity of human sexuality and gender identity, and developing an understanding of the histories, cultural strengths, resilience and challenges faced by 2SLGBTQ+ Indigenous people in the context of ongoing colonization and intersectional discrimination.
Part 2 focuses on exploring the impacts and manifestations of intersectional discrimination on 2SLGBTQ+ peoples in the context of service provision and introduces frameworks and tools to support service providers in mitigating these impacts.