indigenous Leadership

Indigenous Leadership Building on Legacy

Banff Centre has refreshed its leadership programming model to continue to meet the unique needs and challenges facing Indigenous communities.

Building Blocks

Banff Centre alumna and affordable housing advocate Angie Prince-Smoke reflects on her educational journey.

Mending the Blanket

Students at Oilfields High School reconnect to their ancestry through the Blanket Exercise.

Learn About Our Truth and Reconciliation Summit Report

On Saturday, October 29, 2016, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity hosted a Truth and Reconciliation Summit. These were some of the findings.

Indigenous Woman Participant - Lougheed Leadership

Annual award honours achievements of Indigenous women in community leadership

If you are an Indigenous woman who has participated in one or more of our Indigenous Leadership and Management programs, we invite you to apply for this annual scholarship.

This Indigenous Leader Finds Power in Telling Her Own Story

Bonnie Harvey speaks about her experience in our Indigenous Leadership Program

Helping Indigenous Leaders, Administrators and Managers “Dream Big”

With a travel scholarship from Canadian North and support from his company, Darrell Ohokannoak travelled to Alberta from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut several times over two years to hone his leadership...

Wise Practices in Indigenous Community Development

Wise Practices: Indigenous Communities Share Their Stories

The sharing of stories – how they inspire, are communicated, and learned from – was a key theme of the Wise Practices in Indigenous Community Development Symposium, a culmination of a two-and-a-half...

Regional Chief relates: Cam Alexis a lesson in lifelong learning for local students

“Good day, all my relations! It is good to see that the good spirit has brought us together! I pray for all of you to succeed in life as we know it. We pray for the future of our people now and tomorro...

Building Community Through Deep Listening

We traveled to Melbourne, Australia for a cross cultural exchange with The Deep Listening Project to learn new ways to define relationship through arts dialogue, leading to stronger community...

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We recognize, with deep respect and gratitude, our home on the side of Sacred Buffalo Guardian Mountain. In the spirit of respect and truth, we honour and acknowledge the Banff area, known as “Minirhpa" (translated in Stoney Nakoda as “the waterfalls”) and the Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda) – comprised of the Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Goodstoney Nations – as well as the Tsuut’ina First Nation and the Blackfoot Confederacy comprised of the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Shuswap Nations, Ktunaxa Nations, and Metis Nation of Alberta, District 4. We acknowledge all Nations who live, work, and play here, help us steward this land, and honour and celebrate this place.

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