Credentials

“Intelligence plus character–that is the goal of true education.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Social Service Workers Program, First Nations Technical Inst.
• Mediation & Conciliation, St. Lawrence Univ.
• Consumer Board Training, Canadian Mental Health Assoc.
• Strategies for Effective Listening, Xerox Canada
• Conflict Management Skills, Skill Path

Volunteer Work:

“There is no “I” in Team but there is a “u” in volunteer!” Debbie Weir

• Co-ordination Committee to End Family Violence, Haldimand-Norfolk ON.
• Regional District Health Council – Haldimand-Norfolk (H-N) ON.
• Sunrise Rotary Club International, Cornwall, ON.
• Toastmasters International, Cornwall, ON
• Regional Children’s Services Advisory Committee, H-N, ON
• Parent Counsel, Cornwall ON
• Eat Local Food Co-op, Sudbury ON

Facilitating Workshops:

Professional Development:

• Norfolk General Hospital, Simcoe ON
• Conestoga College, Scarborough, ON
• Seneca First Nation (Directors), Cattaraugus, NY
• Jobs Ontario (Retraining Div.), Cornwall, ON
• Ministry of Attorney General, Toronto, ON

Advisory Committees:

• Health Canada & Assembly of First Nations – provide doable short term solutions to end Native youth suicide, Ottawa, ON
• Government of Manitoba, Competitiveness, Training & Trade Ind., Winnipeg, Manitoba

Mediation & Conciliation:

• Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, St. Regis, Quebec
• Rainbow Treatment Centre, Wikwemikong First Nation, ON
• Seneca First Nation, Cattaraugus, NY
• Mohawk Council of Akwesasne School Board, Cornwall Island, ON

Team Building:

• Day Care Staff, Tyendinaga First Nation, Tyendinaga, ON
• Women’s Shelter Staff, Walpole Island, ON
• Head Start Staff, Akwesasne First Nation, Hogansburg, NY

Community Wellness:

• Diabetes Association, Six Nations First Nations, ON
• Pine Tree Friendship Centre, Brantford, ON
• Health & Community Social Services, Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, Quebec

Training:

• Xerox Canada, (Nation-wide), Toronto, ON
• St. Joseph’s Medical Centre, Blind River, ON
• Casey Wratten & Associates, Brantford, ON

Teacher:

• Fanshaw College, Simcoe, ON

Traditional/Holistic Counseling Contracts:

• Grand Valley Institution for Women, Kitchener, ON
• 14 Ojibwe First Nations throughout ON
• 3 Mohawk First Nations throughout ON
• 2 Seneca First Nations, NY State

Partnering:

With: Addiction, Mental Health, VICARS, Social Services, Doctors/Psychiatrists and Native Traditional Healers/Ceremony People.

References:

• Chief Franklin Paibomsai chief@whitefishriver.ca“> chief@whitefishriver.ca
• Ed Panamick, Health Director, ed.panamick@henveymedicalcentre.com“> ed.panamick@henveymedicalcentre.com
• Sandi Howell, Provincial Coordinator Essential Skills and Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition Program, Government of Manitoba showell@gov.mb.ca“> showell@gov.mb.ca
• Danielle Meness, reception.prev@pikwakanagan.ca“> reception.prev@pikwakanagan.ca
• Dr. Peter Ladd, peter.ladd@akwesasne.ca“> peter.ladd@akwesasne.ca

(More references available upon request including letters of acknowledgement from various government ministries.)