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Courageous Conversations About Reconciliation

FOR SETTLERS

Through TABLE TALKS, the kinSHIFT team equips you to host peer-learning conversations about colonization and reconciliation in your workplace or your community.

Courageous conversations about reconciliation are challenging.
People are afraid of doing or saying the wrong thing.

Table Talks is a well-resourced pathway to reconcili-action, helping you to:

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Take concrete action

Stop being paralyzed by fear. Practice stretching out of your comfort zone, begin to take small actions, and build your relational muscles.

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Take on the emotional labor

Confront and process hard truths, disrupt firmly held assumptions and beliefs, and move beyond guilt into action - without relying on Indigenous people for emotional support.

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Nurture relational practices

Find common ground with others in your workplace or community, and follow through on commitments to solidarity.

Table Talks includes: orientation training, personalized coaching, user-friendly hosting guides, training videos, and handouts for your guests.

Table Talks for Organizations

RECONCILIATION IN THE WORKPLACE

Table Talks helps organizations to:

  • Practice and develop relational skills.
  • Build upon and integrate learning from other reconciliation programs.
  • Hold honest conversations about what needs to change and how to go about it.
  • Support overall organizational health.
Meet with us to explore how Table Talks can support your team.

Book a time with kinSHIFT's Charmaine Lyn
Or email enquiries@kinSHIFT.ca

Want to discuss Table Talks with others in your organization?

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Our team equips you with:

  • 3-hour orientation session
  • 3 coaching hours with our team’s facilitators
  • A structured, user-friendly set of hosting resources
  • A shared commitment to do the work!

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TABLE TALKS FOR ORGANIZATIONS

Table Talks for Individuals

RECONCILIATION IN THE WORKPLACE

With Table Talks, you don’t need to be an expert. All you need is the willingness to engage, learn from our past, and re-imagine a better future.

Want to be a host?

Individuals who are interested in hosting Table Talks discussions in their communities are supported with professional resources and coaching from the kinSHIFT team.

Register for Host Training

Apply for a Neighbourhood Small Grant

If you want to bring Table Talks to your community, bursaries for Table Talks Hosts are available thanks to the Neighborhood Small Grands (NSG) grassroots funding that empowers folks to lead local projects that foster connection.

Apply for NSG Bursary

kinSHIFT and IndigenEYEZ gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Foundation of the South Okanagan Similkameen for catching the vision and helping to develop and pilot the Table Talks Guidebook and resources.

For the NSG bursary, you need to create an account on the grant portal. Enter your first and last name as the Organization and use 000000000RR0000 as the CRA Number. If you need assistance, please contact us at enquiries@kinSHIFT.ca

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Courageous conversations lay the foundation for settlers and Indigenous peoples to work together to create a future that benefits all of us—and our children.

Table Talks conversations are a space to deepen curiosity and understanding about how colonial mindsets shape our relationships with each other.

This program is our response - and our gift - to the many settlers who have asked us for support to learn how to talk about colonization and its impacts on all of us.