To join the Team, whom are passionate about the cause and the people served in our community through various programs and services offered. Self-motivated, driven and able to provide a holistic and culturally based approach in supporting families with tools and resources to access.
Additional | Abilities & Certifications
- Safe Food Handling through Algoma Public Health
- Life Skills Coach Phase 1 & 2
- Standard First Aid AED - BLS Provider Exp 02/2024
- CPI Non-violent Crisis Intervention training
- Clear Record Check, Including Vulnerable Sector
- Gentle Persuasion Certification
- Mask fitting complete (KN95 + Respirator)
- Reliable transportation – SUV Vehicle (Full G license) i.e., Insurable through employment
- Drivers abstract available
- Covid-19 Fully Vaccinated
- CLSR Personality Dimensions report available upon request (prepared by Kari Chiappetta)
- Reference Letters available upon request
AA Pathways Training
August 2023 - 1 week in person Teachings & Training with Shannon Van Every (Anishinaabe Aadziwin) & Sandra Southwind
Creating Safer Spaces for Indigenous 2S & LGBTQ+ Conference | AIAI
March 22 & 23 of 2023
Facilitated by/with Olive Elm (Elder), Teddy Syrette, Sal Hill, Lyndon George, Mason Sands, Hayley Moody (LGBTQ Youth Line), Robyn Hodgson (Trans Health)
Certificate of Micro-Credential Completion | FASD
- Preventing FASD
- FASD Fundamentals
- FASD Screening and Diagnosis
- Supporting Individuals Affected by FASD
Maple Leaf Training through Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre | Skills for the Administrative Assistant
Learnt about the elements of a professional attitude, developing a positive outlook, being assertive, and communicating well. Also, fundamental skills for administrative assistants, such as writing letters, managing time, saying no, working with others, and dealing with stress.
Gnaajwan Kina Bebkaanat (Beautiful Difference): A Primer on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities for Indigenous Helpers | Shkaabe Makwa CAMH (accredited by the Indigenous Certification Board of Canada).
Primer on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities for Indigenous Helpers confirmation - This four-day training is for Ontario-based Indigenous helpers and workers who provide direct services to First Nations, Inuit, and/or Métis peoples, living with developmental disabilities. This training provided an overview of developmental disabilities, screening, assessment and diagnosis, support and intervention, physical health, dual diagnosis, and programs and policies across Ontario. 8 modules including the following: Introduction to Developmental Disabilities, Disability in an Indigenous Context, Developmental Disabilities, Physical Health, Screening, Assessment & Diagnosis, Support and Intervention, Dual Diagnoses, Program and Policy in Ontario. Facilitator: Louis Busch, BST, ABS (H.C), M.Ed., BCBA. Community Support Specialist, Shkaabe Makwa, CAMH
Building Skills for Self‐Care: Indigenous Helper Wellness | Shkaabe Makwa (accredited by the Indigenous Certification Board of Canada).
This 3‐hour online interactive training explored Indigenous helper wellness in the context of working with Indigenous communities and service providers. Participants will be able to recognize the signs of vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, burnout in oneself as a healer, and much more. Facilitator: Chrysta Wood, MSW, RSW
- The Anishinaabemowin Teg Language Conference (March31-April1st 2023)
- Gender-based violence in schools and the intersectional experiences of Black-Canadian girls Webinar (This webinar discussed the unique experiences of female identified adolescents of African descent in Canada, and their experiences with gender-based violence in schools. Specific attention was given to cultures of violence, how they manifest, and the need to attend to prevention, as opposed to the current focus on punishment, when addressing the intersectional experiences of Black girls).
- Mindfulness Awareness Stabilization Training (MAST) Series
- 2023 Trauma-informed Sexual Violence Investigations, Prosecutions, Survivor Representation and Support Conference
- Culture in the Classroom – Education
- Motivational Interviewing (Crisis & Trauma Resource Institute)
- Specialized Services Presentation: Granny’s Home initiative, through Winnipeg’s Blue Thunder Bird Family Care Inc.
- Promising Practices for Distance Counselling
- Tensions of 2SLGBTQIA+ Structural Inclusion Within
- Endayaan Endazhi-takookiiyaan Miiknaans 1
- Nogdawindamin Child Protection CYFSA Training with JoAnne Bumbacco & Team
- FPWC Learning Circle: Self-Care Through Movement with Kieran Peltier
- Digital Bundles in Healthcare; Description: Workforce Development Fall Learning Series 2022 - Stories of Indigenous Resiliency and Healing
- When the Body Says No: Mind/Body Unity and the Stress-Disease Connection with Dr. Gabor Maté (Webinar)
- Understanding Coercive Control Against Children: Impacts and Supportive Responses - Presented by: Emma Katz and Catherine Lawler
- BFN Legal Training: August 17,18, & 19/ 2022, September 13, 14 & 15th/2022
- Indigenous Perspectives on Healing from PTSD
- Wisdom Workshop: Welcome and Introductions, a Community’s Guide to Bill C-92: An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families. Wisdom Gathering - Issues with implementing Bill C92 (small groups). Wisdom Building - Issues with implementing Bill-C92 (large group). Wisdom Gathering - Strategies to implement Bill C-92 (small groups), Wisdom Building - Strategies to implement Bill C-92 (large group), Focused Conversation: Priorities and Future Directions. Reporting Back & Closing Circle.
Elizabeth Edgar-Webkamigad - Batchewana Health Center Director of Health and Human Services
Cell: 705-989-7410
Shelly Pascall - Batchewana First Nation Family Wellness Team Lead
Cell: 705-971-3274
Kaitlyn Neveu - Koognaasewin Child Well-Being Law Initiative Project Manager
Cell: 705-206-2220
Kevin Yongsub Ahn- Manager - Superior Auto Group (Past manager at Avis too)
Personal: 705.975.2124
Tammy Ovey – Sault College Professor for SSW-IS (Social Service Indigenous Specialization)
Celll: 705.971.0171
Sue Burns - Activities Department Director for F.J. Davey Home
Phone: 705-256-4221 – Email: sburns@fjdaveyhome.org