Indigenous Trauma-Informed Practice- Justice/Public Safety.

This course will provide an overview of the history of relationships between Indigenous peoples and justice and public safety professionals. Learners will develop an understanding of the current overrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in the justice and public safety system and the lived, vicarious and intergenerational trauma that is experienced by Indigenous peoples. Learners will be introduced to the field of trauma and trauma-informed practice from an Indigenous perspective and learn concrete tools and approaches to use for self-care and in daily work as a justice and public safety professional.