Bev Bagnall-Hope
Swampy Cree. Bev offers an amassed 33 years as a social worker in various capacities in front line and leadership roles in First Nation community, NGO’s, Government, both Provincial & Territorial as well as within formal and informal educational settings.
Bev is a champion at individual & community change initiatives facilitated in a culturally respectful process. Bev has been mentored and endorsed by Dr. Darlene Auger the visionary of the Wiwipson as a decolonized method of Traditional Healing. Bev has had her own baby swing bundle and has assisted others in their healing process for 18 years.
Bev has been trained in Western professional and Traditional cultural leadership practices. Bev has been taught and mentored by several significant Elders and Knowledge keepers. The acknowledgment of attaining the rights to become a teacher happened when her main Elder transferred to her his grey hair. This sacredness is held in a gentle and loving way.
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