Circle Process

To download the companion workbook, Stepping Into the Circle, please visit acws.ca/stepping-into-the-circle This video discusses how to utilize Circle process in your organizations. The guests will be discussing and giving an overview of what Circle process is and how you can begin to utilize it within a women's or seniors shelter context. Each of the guests has had many years’ experience using Circle process and have seen the value and outcomes that happen when Circle process is used. Mary is from Treaty 8, she has a Masters of Education, a Bachelor of Social Work and brings more than 10 years of facilitation and child welfare expertise. She recently co-authored Guidelines for Indigenous Social Work Practice for Blue Quills. Mary worked with ACWS to develop a learning Workbook, Stepping into the Circle, to accompany the Conversation with Lewis webinar series. Sharon lives in Saddle Lake Cree Nation & is Team Lead for Social Work Programs at University Blue Quills. Blue Quills is committed to reclaiming Indigenous knowledge & practice & has established programs that students of all cultures describe as transformative by bringing both western science & Indigenous wisdom into the curriculum. Circle process has become a key feature of social work, education & many other programs. A member of the Carrier First Nation, Dr. Maggie Hodgson is a leader in the fields of Aboriginal health, justice & reconciliation. She served as CEO of the Nechi Institute. Dr. Hodgson is a recipient of the Order of Canada, an Honourary Doctor of Laws from the U of A & many other national & international awards. She has co-authored four books, had a tree planted in her name in the Peace Park in Israel & has advised the UN on addiction prevention. She is a wife, a mother & an auntie who has helped raise other children. Maggie values building relationships in families & communities within the limits of our humanity & with the Creator’s guiding hand.