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Healing happens in relationship.

Join us on April 29 at 1PM CT to learn more about our five-day Giwiidosendamin Certificate Program, which takes a two-eyed seeing approach to addiction support and life promotion.

Seeing with “two-eyes” means weaving together Indigenous, Western, and other perspectives. Embracing the strengths of multiple viewpoints means you can support others through addictions and suicide with deeper understanding and care.
I want to see with two-eyes!

People experiencing addiction are 6-14 times more likely to die by suicide.

But through sharing and positive relationships, you can cultivate life and healing.

What You’ll Learn

Giwiidosendamin – A Collective Approach to Helping and Healing

In this webinar, you’ll learn about our five-day Giwiidosendamin Certificate Program, which teaches culturally respectful helping practices, supports decolonization efforts, and uses harm reduction strategies to make a positive impact in your community. Giwiidosendamin is Ojibwe for “we walk together,” and this program is an opportunity to explore what makes this training so unique, including the relationship-based approach to collective health and support for helpers like you and those you walk alongside.

You’ll hear from the program’s creator, Jaicee, who is Cree-Métis and has extensive frontline experience as a Certified Indigenous Addictions Specials. Co-facilitating is CTRI Trainer Jocelyne, who has over 15 years of experience walking alongside families, youth, and adults in a variety of settings. Together, they’ll walk you through the concept of two-eyed seeing, the Giwiidosendamin program, and what you can expect as a potential attendee.

You’ll explore:

  • Starting in relationship (connecting to yourself as a helper)
  • The role of storytelling in helping relationships
  • Shifting the language of addiction
  • Suicide conversations 
  • Building confidence and readiness for change
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Meet Your Facilitators

Jaicee Chartrand, RPC, CIAS-II

Jaicee (she/her) walks alongside others as the Senior Manager of Indigenous Services at CTRI, guided by the principles of connection, reciprocity, and relationality. In her role, she collaborates with the leadership team to envision a shared future for the organization, bringing life to the Giwiidabindimin and Giwiidosendamin certificate programs through the lens of two-eyed seeing—a balance of Indigenous and Western ways of knowing.

With a heart rooted in community and collective care, Jaicee fosters spaces where knowledge is shared in the spirit of equality and respect, recognizing that we are all learners and teachers on this journey. She brings an Indigenous perspective to the forefront of her work, weaving together the strength of relationships with a vision for thriving communities.

As a Registered Professional Counsellor and Certified Indigenous Addictions Specialist, Jaicee carries over 15 years of experience in mental health, addictions, and social services. Through her private clinic, Soul Full Therapy, she continues to offer care grounded in authenticity and lived experience.

With humility and open-heartedness, Jaicee invites others to walk with her in creating spaces of healing, growth, and transformation for all.

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Jocelyne Lalonde, M.SC., PHEC

Jocelyne is a proud franco-manitobaine and a Certified Motivational Interviewer with a Master’s degree in Family Social Science and an Honours Bachelor’s degree in Sociology. She has over 15 years of experience working with youth, families, and adults in community, government, and school settings. Jocelyne’s expertise and passion center around addiction, other mental health concerns, and wellness. Most recently, she has enjoyed teaching at the post-secondary level, where her research has focused on the experiences of youth in and from the child welfare system.

As an enthusiastic lifelong learner, Jocelyne meaningfully acknowledges that there are many valuable ways of understanding ourselves and the world around us. She believes in the importance of walking respectfully alongside others and taking a strengths-based approach to providing support that focuses on each person’s innate ability to create a more peaceful life. Jocelyne is passionate about creating genuine connections with others and believes that this is the first step to a better life and, ultimately, to a better world.

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What People Are Saying

“The biggest takeaway was that healing and strong communities are possible, and we can all work and walk alongside each other.”
Jennifer Vickers, Lhoosk’uz Dene Nation

“The cultural knowledge was so valuable, as well as the continuous emphasis placed on our own well-being as community supports. I will also take with me the way that I need to investigate how my own trauma shows up, what my own work needs to look like, and how that can both help or hinder the grief journeys of the clients I work with.”
Amber Neufeld, Candace House

“Having walked with Indigenous clients for many years, I found the training content validated my work and approach. I was heartened to see movement away from the clinical mainstream approach to trauma and grief.”
Darlene Olimb-Bruyere, Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre

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Two-Eyed Seeing: A Vision for the Future Through Shared Wisdom

Spirit Guide

North American Traditional Indigenous Elder and Knowledge Keeper Wa Wa Tei Ikwe shares some of her teachings.

Podcast

Interconnection and Trauma From a First Nations Perspective

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