Brad Marsden
Suicide Prevention Facilitator, Canada
Title: The effects of oppression & historical trauma workshop
Biography
Biography: Brad Marsden
Abstract
A powerful experiential workshop to help educate Non-Native Service Providers of the collective trauma that has impacted Native people throughout Canada’s history. After understanding that a collective trauma exists, participants will better understand how the feelings such as; fear, shame, learned helplessness, and anger began to infiltrate into our communities and led to the disempowering behaviors and social conditions that we see today. With this change in perception by having experienced these impacts during the workshop, participants will have a more accurate understanding of why Native people see, think, feel and behave the way they do. As a result, service providers will be better prepared to effectively communicate and empower the Native People of their community.