Resilience: A First Nations' Perspective & the Neurobiology of Trauma

Speakers:

 

Pat Green - Elder. Lived experience

Jacquie Dale - Community Grandmother, Native Womens Centre/Transitional Support Worker. Lived experience and will present an overview on a First Nations' Perspective for healing

Diana Tikasz - Coordinator of the Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Care Centre at Hamilton Health Sciences. An overview of the neurobiological systems involved when human beings are under threat especially the threat of a sexual assault with an aim to gain an increased understanding of behaviours following a sexual assault.  Discussion on how we restore a sense of safety following a life threat.  Recognition of how trauma memory is fundamentally different from regular memory.

 

Poster with details

 

Registration ends Wed, April 26 2pm.