Insights About Empathy from an Indigenous Perspective ft. Sandi Boucher Purposeful Empathy Hosted by Anita Nowak

Watch this episode to learn how non-Indigenous people can
practice empathy as allies.


Sandi Boucher is an Ojibwe leader, author of The Path and a
motivational speaker whose work advances Reconciliation in
Canada. In this episode, she shares how non-Indigenous people can
be allies. She also describes Anishnaabe teachings on humility
and empathy.


00:00 – Introduction


00:23 – About Sandi Boucher


01:33 – What Canadians need to know about Reconciliation


03:18 – How the discovery of unmarked graves changed the urgency
and discourse of Reconciliation


05:53 – What non-Indigenous people should be conscious of when
trying to educate themselves


07:48 – Sandi’s path to working in Reconciliation


14:22 – What needs to change for Reconciliation to happen?


16:12 – Sandi’s reaction to Canada’s formal apology to Indigenous
people


18:23 – What is a “people-driven”  approach to
Reconciliation?


21:27 – How does empathy help people overcome internalized racism
and oppression?


25:37 – The role of non-violent resistance in Reconciliation


27:00 –  The importance of empathy and humility in
Anishinaabe teachings


36:18 – What makes Land Acknowledgments progressive versus
performative?


39:55  – Sandi Boucher’s Purposeful Empathy Story


43:11 –  Conclusion


CONNECT WITH SANDI


Twitter @SandiBoucher


Instagram @sandi.boucher


LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandiboucher/


Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sandi.boucher/


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Video Edited by David Tsvariani