IDG Skill: Trust - Ft. Rose LeMay w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy
Description
Watch this episode featuring Rose LeMay, CEO of the Indigenous Reconciliation Group and author of Ally Is a Verb, to learn how the IDG skill of “Trust” is essential to anti-racism work and how it can be repaired (when broken) through a process of reconciliation.
In this engaging conversation, Rose describes the historical significance of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and outlines five key principles of allyship. She also explains why gaining cultural competence is mostly the responsibility of non-Indigenous and non-racialized people.
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01:13 Introduction
01:50 About Rose LeMay
05:42 Rose’s backstory
10:02 Why anti-racism work matters beyond DEI
12:22 How the IDG definition of “Trust” resonates with Rose
14:07 What is “Pause Theory”?
19:41 What role does “Trust” play in Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
25:46 Rose’s five key principles of Allyship
27:13 Why revisionist history harms society
31:02 Why is reconciliation the responsibility of non-Indigenous people?
36:24 The inner journey of allyship
40:45 How to be an active team player within the context of community
44:18 How to re-establish “Trust” after it has been broken
49:28 Rose LeMay’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com
✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA
✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/
✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram
✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast
✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.social
CONNECT WITH ROSE
✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rose-lemay-90a20251/
✩ Website https://the-irg.ca/about/
SHOW NOTES
✩ Canada’s Truth & Reconciliation Report
Video edited by Green Horizon Studio
United States
