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Lunch & Learn Series Cultural Education with Suqnaqinx Elder Mollie Bono Wednesdays | Drop-In | Free 

The Social Planning Council is very excited to be partnering with Elder Mollie Bono and the Okanagan Regional Library to host a Cultural Education Series designed to increase the effectiveness of service providers who may be working with Indigenous clients. 

You don’t have attend all the sessions in a series, just pick the dates/topics that work best for you. 

Schedule of Topics: 

• Jan 29th - Intro to Okanagan Sylix People through Storytelling 
• Feb 5th - Overview of History of the Salishan People 
• Feb 12th - Smudging and Ceremony 
• Feb 19th - The Four Food Chiefs, Food Gathering, Preservation and Preparation 
• Feb 26th - Colonization, including the Indian Act and the Residential School System 
• Mar 4th - Colonization in Canada - Intro to the KAIROS Blanket Exercise 
• Mar 11th - The Ongoing Impact of Colonization: Suicide, Prison, Addiction and Violence 
• Mar 18th - How does colonization affect the people you serve?