September 11th, 2025 – Hard Truths about Reconciliation with Elder Norm Leech

Healing the traumas of colonization has revealed the underlying differences between colonized and uncolonized worldviews and why they may be irreconcilable. I will share the work that leads to this conclusion. Healing the traumas of colonization has revealed the underlying differences between colonized and uncolonized worldviews and why they may be irreconcilable. I will share the work that leads to this conclusion and the alternative paths to decolonizing that are much more healing.

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Date: Thursday, September 11th, 2025 (PST)
Time: 10 a.m. to 11:30 am
Where: Free online via Zoom!
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About the Presenters:

   

Norm Leech is Executive Director of the Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House in East Vancouver.

Norm speaks widely on intergenerational trauma due to colonization. He is a member of the T’it’q’et community of the St’at’imc nation where he has served as Chief and also Administrator. He draws on his experiences as a recovering alcoholic/ addict, and spiritual explorer to inform his current work which includes many boards and committees.

 

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