Building bridges between all communities
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APRIL 2016 PAGE 9 For more information please visit: UMANITOBA.CA/INDIGENOUS SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2016 Investors Group Athletic Centre JOIN US FOR THIS SPECIAL CELEBRATION HONOURING UOFM INDIGENOUS GRADUATES This is a FREE EVENT and everyone is welcome. 10:00 am 12:00 noon 2:00 pm 5:00 pm 7:00 pm Pipe Ceremony Grand Entry Honouring Graduates Feast (MPR, 2nd fl oor University Centre) 2 nd Grand Entry U N I V E R S I T Y O F M A N I T O B A ANNUAL TRADITIONAL GRADUATION POW WOW Parents often worry about how to talk to their children about child sexual abuse. The Canadian Centre for Child Protection (Canadian Centre) is helping parents, teachers and early childhood educators learn more about how to start age- appropriate conversations with their kids to protect them from child sexual abuse. "Children need to learn about safe and unsafe behaviour, and know who they can talk to if they need help," says Noni Classen, Director of Education at the Canadian Centre. "There is no 30-minute crash course in personal safety. This needs to be incorporated into conversations at schools and at home, year after year." The Teatree Tells program includes information for teachers and parents plus engaging, age-appropriate safety lessons for children ages four to six years old. The lessons are designed to help build safety confidence and competence. Lessons include topics like, identifying safe adults, identifying feelings, naming body parts, establishing personal boundaries, and okay and not okay touching. The Canadian Centre presented the Teatree Tells program to 40 early childhood educators and workers who gathered at the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre's (MFNERC) First Nations Early Learning Conference on March 3, 2016. Mary Evans, a kindergarten teacher from the Miskooseepi School on Bloodvein First Nation, attended the conference. "This is a fantastic resource for all teachers," said Evans. "I'm a big advocate of this program in our schools," said Kim O'Laney, Special Ed/School Improvement Coordinator at Sagkeeng First Nation. "There are a lot of missing and murdered Indigenous women, so being able to teach young girls personal safety and implementing these skills is so important." You can learn more about Teatree Tells and order the kit for your daycare, organization or school online at www.teatreetells.ca. The Canadian Centre for Child Protection is a national charity dedicated to the personal safety of all children. Teaching children about personal safety Teatree Tells provides age-appropriate lessons to help parents, educators and teachers The Canadian Centre's Jennifer Freeman presents Teatree Tells at MFNERC's First Nations Early Learning Conference.