I hear many non-Indigenous people ask: "Where do we start?"
My answer is: "Just start!”
—suiki?st Pauline Terbasket | Executive Director, Okanagan Nation Alliance
kinSHIFT is an Indigenous-led initiative providing settlers
with a place to "Just start!"
Elements of Truth
Reconciliation must be rooted in truth.
Elements of Truth offers a way to walk together to illuminate the past and its impact on the present. Expect participatory workshops with stories and creative activities to guide you through strengthening skills of seeing from different perspectives and exploring equity, accountability and inclusion from an Indigenous perspective.
By increasing our awareness, we begin to unlearn colonial mindsets, and (re-)learn mindsets that support respectful and reciprocal relationships.
We are each a drop of water—together, we are as powerful as the sea.
Thursdays from 9:30 am-noon PST
April 17 | May 1 | May 15 | May 29, 2025
Table Talks
This unique program supports settlers to get more comfortable talking about colonization and its impacts on all of us—settlers, Indigenous peoples, the land, and all beings.
Table Talks was created for anyone who wants to engage in these courageous conversations, aiming to deepen curiosity and understanding about how our colonial history has shaped our relationships with each other.
You don’t need to be a teacher or professional facilitator! All you need is the desire to make a difference and a willingness to learn.
Whether you are around the kitchen table—or the boardroom table—Table Talks offers a well-resourced pathway for moving reconciliation into our personal and professional lives.
Find out how you can bring Table Talks to your neighbourhood or workplace.
Join us to ask questions, make mistakes, and learn deeply
while building skills for engaging with Indigenous peoples in a good way
Support Indigenous Changemakers
kinSHIFT is a social enterprise of IndigenEYEZ, an Indigenous-led initiative whose mission is to raise up emerging Indigenous leaders and equip them with tools to help communities come together to build a better future for our children and future generations.
Revenue generated through kinSHIFT supports IndigenEYEZ to offer powerful programs that uplift Indigenous community champions of all ages—with a special focus
on women and 2Spirit+ peoples.
All Canadians share responsibility for establishing and maintaining mutually respectful relationships.
—Principle 6, Truth & Reconciliation Commission
kinSHIFT Schools
kinSHIFT Schools helps educators cultivate safer and more inclusive spaces, exploring how to build classroom communities with the flexibility to introduce and engage with difficult topics such as colonization, racism, and residential schools.
SPOTLIGHT This year, kinSHIFT Schools is working with educators from five Central Okanagan schools, supporting the new and important journey of indigenizing and decolonizing their classrooms and school cultures. The response has been enthusiastic, with benefits for everyone involved. Stay tuned as we partner up to expand this program.
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