Terri Cardinal: Healing from Trauma

Terri Cardinal (she, her) who’s Cree name is wapekihêw iskwew, is from Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Treaty 6 Territory. Professionally, Terri is currently on leave from MacEwan University, where she is the director of Indigenous Initiatives. She is working on a project with Blue Quills University as the Indian Residential School Coordinator for the next year. She completed her clinical MSW specializing in trauma with the University of Calgary and is currently pursuing her PhD in Social Work with the University of Calgary. Terri research and passion focuses on ceremony is healing, Indigenous social work, identity and Indigenous land-based learning.