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Introduction to Mi’kmaw spirituality (Mi'kmaw culture & heritage series)

This session on December 9, 2022, was part of a special lunch & learn event series about Mi’kmaw culture & heritage organized for members of the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers (NSCSW), as part of our College’s commitment to decolonization and helping our members understand and honour the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's calls to action. Spirituality was, and still is, a big part of Mi’kmaw culture. This session looks at traditional spirituality as it is connected to our environment, Mi’kmaw communities and families. The Mi’kmaw saw similarities between these traditional beliefs and those brought here by the early French settlers. Chief Membertou and 21 members of his family adopted Christianity and were baptised back in 1610. Watch to learn more about Mi’kmaw spiritual knowledge and practice, and the roots of these beliefs. This session was presented by Gerald Gloade, who works with the Nova Scotia Department of Education's Mi'kmaw Liaison Office and the Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq to provide training. The NSCSW joins our members and our communities in the labour of reconciliation, and we are grateful to live and work together as treaty people in Mi’kma’ki. Mi’kma’ki is the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq, whose inherent rights were recognized in the Peace and Friendship Treaties that were signed from 1725 to 1779. This series of treaties did not surrender Indigenous land, resources or sovereignty to the British Empire, but instead established rules for an ongoing relationship between nations. The treaties were later reaffirmed by Canada in Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, and remain active to this day. For members of NSCSW, viewing and reflecting on this recording may fulfil their annual requirement for professional development related to the ongoing process of truth and reconciliation. NSCSW members are also encouraged to follow up afterwards with advocacy related to this learning. Visit https://nscsw.org/pd for more information about the professional development requirements for Nova Scotia social workers.