Zoom Room

Tuesday, May 12, 2026. 6:30 PM-8:00 PM

This introductory session supports Registered Massage Therapists (RMTs) in developing cultural safety, cultural humility, and informed practice when working with Indigenous clients and communities. Through an Indigenous-informed perspective, the session explores how colonial history continues to shape health systems, care experiences, and therapeutic relationships. Participants will be introduced to key Indigenous concepts such as relationalism, relative-centred practice, and grey-thinking, and how these frameworks can be meaningfully applied within clinical and professional massage therapy settings. The tone of the session is grounded, reflective, and practical — focused on building awareness, strengthening allyship, and supporting respectful, culturally safe care in everyday practice.

 

• Key concepts: cultural safety and cultural humility

• Historical and systemic factors shaping Indigenous health today

• How colonial structures influence care experiences and client interactions

• Practical strategies for building culturally safe and respectful therapeutic relationships

• Do’s and don’ts rooted in lived experience and Indigenous teachings

• How relational approaches can strengthen trust, communication, and care outcomes

 

Who Should Attend

This session introduces RMTs to decolonizing approaches in health and wellness practice. Through Indigenous-informed frameworks, participants will explore how relationalism, cultural humility, and allyship can transform clinical interactions and support more ethical, respectful, and culturally safe care for Indigenous clients and communities.

 

Kendell Joiner / Méstaéhotóá'e (Ghost Bull) / North Star Woman is a proud member of the Northern Cheyenne Nation, born and raised on their homeland, with their homefire always being Lame Deer, Montana. Their work is grounded in Indigenous worldviews that emphasize relationalism, balance, collective well-being, and healing-centred approaches to leadership and community.

Kendell serves as the Chief Executive Pathfinder of Native Clan Organization, where they lead heart workers and helpers focused on creating culturally safe, healing-informed spaces that honour Indigenous ways-of-being within systems traditionally shaped by western norms. Their work supports organizations and professionals in rethinking how care, support, and services are delivered through traditionally grounded frameworks.

In addition, Kendell is the founder of Ghost Bull Consultancy, an independent consulting and helping partner that supports social service, justice, government, healing, and community-based organizations in decolonizing practice, strengthening cultural safety, and embedding relational approaches into everyday systems and policies.

Kendell’s western educational background includes studies in Criminal Justice, Corrections, Leadership, and Public Administration, and their professional work spans community services, justice systems, and wellness-related sectors. Across all settings, Kendell is known for their grounded, accessible teaching style and their ability to translate Indigenous concepts — such as relationalism, relative-centred practice, and grey-thinking — into practical tools for “modern” spaces dominated by western ways of thinking.

A full refund will be given to anyone cancelling 5 or more days before the course start date. A 50% refund will apply to any cancellation between 3 and 5 days before a course. Cancellations made WITHIN 72 hours or no shows will not be refunded.  Consideration will always be given to extenuating circumstances.