Status of Women committee  I think there's a power in a kinship type of relationship. I'm in a position where I become an uncle, and that is an indigenous lens. In a good way I can scold my nephews when they are behaving poorly. We had a men's group last night and it was very powerful. One of the men who

Status of Women committee  Sure. I'm not an expert on many things, but I'm an expert on myself. I am a survivor of sexual violence by men, as a little boy. I'm also a survivor, in the 1960s, of very physically harsh punishment in my home. I was able to find a way through others to heal, by being in the s

Status of Women committee  I also want to make some space, because we haven't heard from Jodi—

Status of Women committee  I'm cognizant of the fact that I am a male and I would like to put her forth ahead of me.

Status of Women committee  It needs to start as young as possible, right from infancy, toddlerhood and into the early years of school. I'll give you a really quick example. Part of what we do in Winnipeg is that we help people in poverty. We help people move. We help people get furniture. We try to hel

Status of Women committee  I think there's a sense of responsibility and accountability. When you've wronged someone, it's a way of making amends, making something as right as possible, and playing a part in that. That's what I described. We men who have done the healing work have been asked by women in th

Status of Women committee  Yes. I did allude to this in my earlier presentation. In this particular instance, in this particular example, we were called to the home. Women helped this mom and spouse pack up all her things with her children while we sat on each side of this fellow on the couch in the home.

Status of Women committee  Thank you for the question. It's based on a wraparound approach. When a man comes to us asking for and wanting and needing help, we establish a relationship. We do it in as non-judgmental way as we can in terms of the person. We certainly judge behaviour, though, because those

Status of Women committee  Thank you for the question. I think it's just using our education system to teach all our children about diversity, diverse gender roles, diverse sexuality, respect, kindness, love and all of those good things. We need to train our educators to be able to speak to our children a

Status of Women committee  I totally agree with that. We need to teach our boys at a very early age to be able to express themselves, to honour their emotions, to have deep respect for the life-givers—their sisters, their moms, their aunties—and that has to start at a very early age through education for s

Status of Women committee  It's Ogijiita. That's the warrior spirit. The warrior spirit in men and women and trans.

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much. It is a great honour to be on this panel. I was able to view the earlier testimony and I'm very moved and emotional. I'm an outreach worker for Ogijiita Pimatiswin Kinamatawin, or OPK Manitoba. OPK works with and provides wraparound support for indigenous