OCO: Indigenous Caregivers: Tools to Support Your Journey

Within Indigenous cultures, caregiving is part of traditional roles and values embedded in collective and community responsibility. Many people may not consider themselves caregivers but rather family members, friends or community members providing support for someone’s wholistic needs. While caregiving can be incredibly rewarding, caregivers within Indigenous communities encounter numerous challenges, such as a lack of culturally safe services, support and education, economic difficulties, geographical barriers, and the ongoing impacts of colonization.

OCO welcomes Holly Prince from the Centre for Education and Research on Aging & Health (CERAH) at Lakehead University to discuss the following:

• Hear stories and experiences from Indigenous caregivers
• Explore the OCO and CERAH’s adaptation of the I am a Caregiver Toolkit for Indigenous communities
• Learn about CERAH and their newly developed caregiver resources

Our Speakers: Holly Prince is an Anishinaabekwe and a member of Opwaaganisiniing in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. She is the Lead for the Indigenous People’s Health & Aging Division at the Centre for Education and Research on Aging & Health, Lakehead University, where she works as a Project Manager. A part of her role involves planning, implementing, and evaluating palliative care education and health equity initiatives for Indigenous peoples across Canada.

All attendees who complete the post-webinar survey can enter a draw to win an Ontario Caregiver Organization prize. This draw will be held the week following the webinar and is only available to residents of Ontario. Winners will be contacted via email after the draw.

In addition, to those who attend the live event, we will be holding a live draw for a$25 Everything Card gift card. (The same rules apply as above.)

Other Information

• Please note that this presentation is available in English only.
• Pour de l’information sur nos programmes et services en français, visitez www.ontariocaregiver.ca/fr ou communiquez avec nous par courriel à info@ontariocaregiver.ca.
• For any difficulty with registration or any other questions, please contact us at info@ontariocaregiver.ca or call 1-888-877-1626 X 1011
• Do you require any accommodations that would make this program accessible to you? If yes, please email marnik@ontariocaregiver.ca to tell us a little bit more so that we can best support you.

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