Christina Johnson

Advocating for families who are dealing with the child welfare system.

Ensuring that children are having cultural based programs offered to them.

Attending court proceedings with families. Filling out paperwork with them, applying for lawyers with them.

Offering drives to programs/court

Helping to ensure that child welfare concerns are met.

Provide clients/community members with workshops and programs that were on a need basis

• Supporting staff with hardships with Mi’kmaq Family, Community services
• Attending different workshops to help better understand child law and the components.

• Coordinate Mikmaq Language within various programs throughout or Centre, Co-facilitate Prenatal, Postnatal, Have baby will Travel
• Support staff for our Parent and Support Group
• Facilitator of Kid’s N’ Culture
• Arrange drumming locations within our City.

• Previously, on the council for AHS (Aboriginal Headstart)
• Attend different conferences and get information or give information on our centre, and our locations
• Construct programs within our centre based on other centres.

• Presented a group of 25+ adults a design to create with seed beads, prepared all the material for the individuals.

• Caller to a nutrition bingo, call foods in Mi’kmaq, encourage winners to repeat Mi’kmaq words to win prizes
• Bingo is held biweekly for 1 hour.

• Ran various programs, postnatal, prenatal, drumming for various schools within the community, parent support groups, helped prepare for the annual inspection, filed childcare paperwork.