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Blanket Exercise and Cultural Competency Training - Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre - Denise John - Victim Support Navigator - Halifax, Nova Scotia


Denise John, leader of the Blanket Exercise at the Mi’kmaq Native Friendship Centre in Halifax, discusses the importance of the Blanket Exercise and the powerful ways it acts as an educational tool for Cultural Competency Training.

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Organization: Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre
Location: Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre
Name: Denise John
Title: Victim Support Navigator
Address:
2158 Gottingen Street
Halifax, NS
B3K 3B4
Phone Number: (902) 420-1576

Contributor

Name: Lisa Jodoin
Regional Lead(s):
  • Verlé Harrop 
  • Sylvia Moore 

Province/Territory

Nova Scotia

Education Topics

Colonialism
Healing
History
Reconciliation
Treaties

Education Levels

Community

Language Spoken

English