Terrellyn Fearn is the Project Director of Turtle Island Institute, a global Indigenous social innovation think and do tank - a teaching lodge enabling transformative change. She brings wisdom and understanding of Indigenous well-being and community building through rematriation and Indigenous ways of knowing. Terrellyn’s work over the last 30 years has focused on advancing social justice and systems change in the area of health, gender-based violence, education, and child welfare having worked with over 400 rural and urban Indigenous communities throughout Turtle Island.

In 2017, she was the Director of Outreach and Support Services for the Canadian National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) and led a 2.5 year process for family members and survivors of violence to share their truth. She is a MEd. candidate at York University and a Research Associate at the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation & Resilience (WISIR) focusing on understanding complexity theory, ethical space of engagement, Indigenous feminism, and healing centered design. She sits on the Indigenous Advisory Circle for the Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime focused on the decolonization of the Canadian criminal justice system.

Questions reflected in the episode include what can an understanding and relationship with Indigenous languages offer evaluation and inquiry? What is the opportunity of Etawaptmumk and how can we go deeper into the language and practices to learn about learning and reflection. How can we tell the stories of impact in ways that align with this journey?

Resources from the episode

More about Two-Eyed Seeing: http://www.integrativescience.ca/Principles/TwoEyedSeeing/

Article: Willie Ermine: Ethical Space of Engagement.

Photos from Terrellyn Fearn including 8-point star petroglyph, ribbon skirts, and bundle blanket

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