SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue

Dr. Karine Duhamel on the importance of trauma-informed approaches to private and public engagement

Written by: Gurleen Aujla, Peak Associate This year’s Bruce & Lis Welch Community Dialogue event explored the importance of a trauma-informed approach in both our private and public engagements and how to best put our learnings into practice.  The sold-out event featured Dr. Karine Duhamel, an Anishinaabe-Métis woman currently working as an independent consultant and historian. She is the director of research for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), and is working in partnership with the Government of Canada to create the MMIWG National Action Plan. The event was facilitated by Ginger Gosnell-Myers, a…

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