The Canadian Live Music Association has partnered with NVision Insight Group to offer a follow-up Indigenous cultural awareness certificate program at a discounted rate to the live music industry.

The program is delivered in a virtual classroom setting and consists of four 90-minute sessions. Topics include defining race, racism, culture; challenging stereotypes; understanding affinity/unconscious/cultural bias; and how to build Indigenous intercultural capacity.

This course is a transformative, skills-based experience that takes learners beyond stereotypes to build real intercultural capacity through skills-based training in intercultural competency, human rights, and anti-racism.

List of SESSIONS

  • Topics Include:

    Land Acknowledgement/ Cultural Opening/ Opening Prayer

    Welcome from Client, Round of Introductions--icebreaker

    Welcome from Facilitator, One Thing

    What is race? What is racism?

    What is Culture?

    Understanding Context in Culture

  • Topics Include:

    Terminology and Definitions

    Understanding Bias

    Indigenous Stereotypes and how to counter them

    Preparation for Role Playing Exercise

  • Role Playing Small Group exercise in cross-cultural communication

    Discussion

  • Topics Include:

    Cross-Cultural Skills

    Skills in Building Indigenous Intercultural Capacity

    Wrap Up and Final Remarks

Scheduling and Time Commitment:

This program is offered in a small, hands-on virtual classroom format, taking place over four 90-minute sessions, for a total of six hours. Dates and times are flexible, and can be arranged according to your scheduling needs.

The recommended class size for this course is 20 people but groups of 15 up to 30 can be accommodated.

Registration Information:

CLMA Member Fee: $3750.00 + HST (group of 20)

Non-Member Fee: $225.00 + HST (per person)

NVision is a majority Indigenous-owned consulting company with First Nations, Inuit, Métis and non-Indigenous shareholders and staff. NVision has offices in Ottawa and Iqaluit and is considered an Aboriginal business for the purposes of the federal Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB) and the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business.

Course content has been approved by First Nations, Inuit and Métis advisors and reviewers. The Path was created by NVision’s team of educators and instructional designers and combines solid adult learning principles with video-based web delivery.