Other Programs
In addition to our family sessions, Kackaamin offers additional programs that address the other parts of the Circle
This page summarizes the ongoing and annual sessions available.
To see when these programs are offered at Kackaamin, please see "Program Dates"
For partnership opportunities, please contact KFDC's Program Coordinator for more information.
Returning to the Circle: Grandmothers, Aunties & Caregivers
This ten-day program will explore the traditional Indigenous roles of Women in our families and communities. Programming will address multi-generational trauma stemming from the Residential School Legacy. This program will offer a safe space to begin looking at delayed grief and specific traumas (the roots of addiction) through experiential and cognitive processes using culturally relevant approaches.
Participants are asked to refrain from any and all drug and alcohol use during programming. Healing will be based on Traditional culture and ceremony- participants’ need to have a clear mind and spirit to connect with the Creator and Ancestors.
Returning to the Circle: Grandfathers, Uncles and Caregivers
This ten-day program will explore the traditional Indigenous roles of Men in our families and communities. Programming will address multi-generational trauma stemming from the Residential School Legacy. This program will offer a safe space to begin looking at delayed grief and specific traumas (the roots of addiction) through experiential and cognitive processes using culturally relevant approaches.
Participants are asked to refrain from any and all drug and alcohol use during programming. Healing will be based on Traditional culture and ceremony- participants’ need to have a clear mind and spirit to connect with the Creator and Ancestors.
Reconstructing the Circle: Healing the Intergenerational Effects of Residential School Legacy
Kackaamin Family Development Centre is hosting and delivering this residential healing opportunity created specifically for Indigenous family systems from Vancouver Island. This work will strengthen inter-generational family systems to serve as pillars in their home communities.
This healing opportunity has been designed for families who have started on their healing journey and would like to look at the inter-generational impacts of the Residential School Legacy. Participants will be lead through a process of understanding trauma by engaging in psycho educational material and experiential exercises. This unique and in-depth healing session will guide participants through a journey of working through one’s own personal and familial traumas and delayed grief. This healing journey will examine how historical trauma has affected succeeding generations of Residential School Survivors, and will also examine pathways towards healing.
Healing will encompass traditional ceremony and culture. In turn, participants must abstain from any and all drug and alcohol use during programming, in order to be fully connected to the Creator and Ancestors. Emotional and physical healing are also central to this program, and participants need to have a clear mind and spirit in order to do the tough work.
Youth 16 and older will participate in their own individual trauma training with Jane Middleton-Moz’s interns and will be provided a certificate of training following the 6 day event. Youth younger than 16 interested in this opportunity may apply to participate, and will be admitted through a case-by-case assessment of maturity by KFDC’ clinical team.
(Check back for 2024 dates)
Coming Full Circle: Colleague Trauma Training
Kackaamin staff are pleased to announce and deliver this training opportunity for helping professionals and colleagues. This five-day workshop will utilize Jane Middleton-Moz model of intergenerational trauma intervention.
This unique and in-depth training opportunity will guide participants through a journey of assessing and working through one’s own personal traumas and potential incidences of delayed grief. Through this process of self-awareness, colleagues will develop skills to work with service users who are experiencing multi-generational trauma.
Moz preaches to helping professionals that “in order to be of service to survivors of trauma, we need to clean out our own basements”.
Restoring Balance: Grief and Loss Programming
This specialized program will offer group therapy, individual counselling, cultural support, and 12 Step program supports.
Restoring Balance draws upon Western and Indigenous approaches to healing through a trauma informed lens. The Four Indigenous Values of Belonging, Kindness, Cooperation and Respect are interwoven into the program.
This program offers crisis intervention for individuals and couples who may be experiencing increased stress during COVID-19. Participants will be supported through addiction recovery and learn stress management skills.
The program will explore:
- Identifying feelings
- Self-regulation
- How to identify triggers
- Resilience
Participants are asked to refrain from any and all drug and alcohol use during programming. Healing will be based on Traditional culture and ceremony- participants’ need to have a clear mind and spirit to connect with the Creator and Ancestors.
