Transforming Practices Conference 2026

This experiential workshop offers front line service providers and clinicians practical land-based tools for both supporting those they serve, and their own self-care when working with people who have experienced acute trauma, and those who've experienced complex trauma and attempted genocide. Dr. Fellner will engage attendees in some basic tools that can support them in their work, drawing on decades of community-driven Indigenous research and national reports, as well as ancient iyiniwak (Indigenous peoples') approaches to wellness. Participants will learn how to begin restor(y)ing colonial narratives of pathology using Indigenous counter narratives of survivance, resilience, resistance, and resurgence that move Indigenous people and communities toward individual and collective wellness, balance, and harmony. Land-based tools for wellness will be introduced, including how to bring an “all my relations,” land-based, strength-based, culturally responsive, holistic, and historically sensitive approach to front line work, and how to take care of themselves and their families in this often difficult work.