Reconciliation Through Justice

This program is offered both in-person (at The Star of the North) and online (via Zoom).

For former TRC commissioner Chief Willie Littlechild, reconciliation follows a process of truth-telling, healing, forgiveness, and justice. Others would say an apology only takes on meaning when there is action. That action for us here at the Star of the North takes the form of our on-going Reconciliation Through Justice series of Indigenous presenters speaking on their passion, within the horizon of justice as healthy, healing relationships.

Star of the North Retreat Centre continues to work out its commitment to reconciliation by providing space for listening, learning, & healing. We will continue to learn from Indigenous elders, artists, & healers. Our Aurora Living program will work through the Truth & Reconciliation Calls to Action, the Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Report, & the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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Spring 2024

Event Details

With special guests Sat Dharam Kaur (www.compassionateinquiry.com), Colin Levangie, and Kokum Lorette Goulet (www.niginan.ca) on the topic of Healing in a Traumatized World.

"All of the evenings have been wonderful but something about this one was a little more. I had questions but couldn’t even find the words last night. And am still thinking about the things I learned, realizing how much more there is to know, more than I’ll get to in this lifetime anyway." — Comment from a regular RTJ participant

Sat Dharam is a naturopathic doctor, Kundalini Yoga expert instructor, and author, practicing in Owen Sound, Ontario. She developed the Beyond Addiction: The Yogic Path to Recovery program, and has been working closely with Dr. Gabor Maté in structuring and delivering this program along with the Compassionate Inquiry training. She is co-director and Facilitation Director of the Compassionate Inquiry training. She also developed the Healthy Breast Program, designed to help educate women globally in reducing breast cancer risk, and co-founded the MammAlive Foundation. Sat Dharam was awarded the Naturopathic Doctor of the Year award in Ontario in 2000. She has written three books: A Call to Women: The Healthy Breast Program and Workbook, The Complete Natural Medicine Guide to Breast Cancer, and The Complete Natural Medicine Guide to Women’s Health. Sat Dharam facilitates Kundalini Yoga training programs internationally.

Colin Levangie, MPC, MA has been working with staff since 2010 at Niginan Housing Ventures, providing individual counselling and workshops centred on trauma and vicarious trauma. Niginan is an Indigenous led housing development that serves those who are hardest to house because of, not only addictions, but also complex medical and social needs. The workshops and programs are developed under the direction of Carola Cunningham and elder Lorette Goulet. All programs integrate Indigenous teachings, and ceremony with western psychology, with the goal of holistically reclaiming and enhancing one’s identity.

Since 2022, a similar program has been implemented at Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action. It is a part of the Church’s overall program, “Come and Walk with Our Indigenous Sisters and Brothers on a Journey to Heal and Rebuild the Broken Legacy of the Past”.

Outside of presenting workshops, Colin has been engaged in both individual and marital counselling for many years.

Kokum Lorette Goulet Miskinâhk Iskwew, Turtle Woman, was given her name 25 years ago when she began her slow journey of walking another way and following the teachings of her Elders. She has worked with Indigenous communities for over forty years and has been able to learn so much from many Elders and knowledge keepers who have enriched her life and her teachings. She is intuitive and empathetic and carries with her a legacy of love, kindness, and compassion. Kokum has worked with many communities and groups in the city of Edmonton. Her heart is happy when she is supporting children, including working to support children in the Aboriginal Head Start program. She has also provided many years of support to individuals and communities struggling with homelessness by providing sweat lodge ceremonies, prayer circles, and traditional practices of supporting their journey of finding themselves again through acceptance, care, and healing. Lorette has one son and many others who are children of her heart. She loves mother earth, children, laughter, and singing. Her heart is with her people, and she loves to use her gifts to help others.