IAP2 Canada is proud to present our latest training offer, “Nothing about us, without us”, an Indigenous Awareness Training designed by Indigenous professionals, knowledge keepers, elders, and community members. This training focuses on the concept of colonialism being a shared experience and how this impacts the indigenous world & Canadian society today. Learning about this concept through both historic & contemporary means, led by indigenous voices, provides the learner with opportunities to strategize & contemplate equity in our modern society. This training strives to answer the question, when it comes to the Indigenous story, where do we go from here?
The program is designed for professionals whose roles involve engagement, decision-making, service delivery, planning, policy development, or relationship-building with Indigenous Peoples and communities. While this training does not make participants experts, it builds the awareness and responsibility necessary to engage appropriately, recognize limitations, and understand when deeper relationship-building, consultation, or Indigenous-led processes are required.
The intent of this training is educational, reflective, and relational. It encourages participants to broaden awareness, deepen understanding, and reflect on how their roles, organizations, and systems intersect with Indigenous realities.
Lock in your early bird rate before April 25, 2026!
Course Objectives:
- Historical Knowledge: Recall and understand key historical events, including the Indian Act, treaties, and the residential school legacy.
- Cultural Awareness: Gain insight into diverse Indigenous worldviews, traditions, and values.
- Contextual Understanding: Recognize the impact of government policies of assimilation and the resulting social, economic, and political challenges.
- Reconciliation & Accountability: Learn to identify personal and systemic biases, myths, and assumptions.
- Colonialism: Understanding how colonialism and colonial thinking came about and how it impacts our world today
- Shared Experience: Creating an understanding of how the history of colonialism affects both Indigenous and Canadians both today and historically
- Effective Engagement: Develop strategies for respectful engagement, partnership, and communication with Indigenous communities.
- Professional Application: Apply knowledge to workplace contexts, Indigenous engagement, professional growth
- Ongoing Learning: Identify opportunities for continued personal and professional development in Indigenous relations.
Target Audience:
Professionals who want to know more about indigenous ways of knowing, the Indigenous story and colonialism as a shared experience in a safe environment.
Course Delivery:
Online and hosted by IAP2 Canada. Cancellation and Refund Policy
Our Trainers:
Cody Lookinghorse is a Motivational speaker, Educator & activist from the Cheyenne River of South Dakota traditional Lakota & Mohawk singer. His father is chief Arvol LookingHorse and gets his teachings from the great Sioux nation and his Mohawk mother is Dr Dawn Martin-Hill the first indigenous women in Canada to get a PHD in indigenous studies He has studied Geology and sustainability with Fanshawe college, his hobbies include modeling and acting and attending ceremonies to his native homelands in South Dakota and Ontario.
Judy Carlick Pearson is an Indigenous Awareness facilitator, community leader, and communications professional with over a decade of experience working across Indigenous engagement, community development, and cross-cultural collaboration. She brings a thoughtful and relationship-centered approach to her work, grounded in respect, lived experience, and a deep understanding of the importance of meaningful dialogue and connection.
With a background in communications and interdisciplinary studies from Royal Roads University, Judy has supported Indigenous organizations, businesses, and communities through facilitation, public engagement, mentorship, and leadership roles. Her experience includes working within Indigenous-led organizations, supporting community initiatives, and helping create spaces for respectful learning and understanding.
Judy’s facilitation style encourages reflection, curiosity, and open conversation. She is passionate about helping participants build stronger awareness of Indigenous histories, perspectives, and contemporary realities while fostering culturally safe and respectful environments for learning.
Deeply connected to the land and ocean of the Northwest Coast, Judy’s work is guided by values of integrity, reciprocity, and community care.
