Celebrating Love and Leadership: Honoring Kyle and Sierra’s Journey and Their Impact on Naqsmist Storytellers Inc. commitment to community company milestones indigenous leadership leadership and love naqsmist storytellers inc. true colors facilitator wedding celebration Oct 31, 2024

On October 5th, 2024, we gathered to witness Kyle and Sierra join in marriage, surrounded by family and friends who traveled from as far as Ontario to honor their love. Together for over a decade,...

How CSS Brings Us Back to What We Already Know adaptability course development cultivating safe spaces inclusive workspaces naqsmist team collaboration Oct 01, 2024

As we prepare to release the newest version of our Intro to Cultivating Safe Spaces course later this month, there’s been a need to reflect internally on our offerings over the last...

Flowing with Change: Rebranding Naqsmist with the Spirit of Water adaptive leadership community building company rebrand company transformation naqsmist storytellers inc. resilience and growth true colors personality Aug 30, 2024

If you’ve been following Naqsmist's journey over the past 6 months, you’ll know that this has been a time of hardship, letting go, rebuilding, and finding our place as a new version of...

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Reflecting on our second Annual Cultivating Safe Spaces Conference community healing cultivating safe spaces inclusive leadership indigenous leadership workplace inclusion Jul 19, 2024

Last month, Naqsmist held its second annual Cultivating Safe Spaces Conference. Over 100 people gathered in Kamloops B.C. for two days of workshops, connection, and healing. Madelaine McCallum...

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Experience the Transformative Impact of Cultivating Safe Spaces adaptive leadership cultivating safe spaces employee retention employee wellbeing professional development workplace inclusion May 25, 2024

We are excited to invite you to the Cultivating Safe Spaces Conference 2024, held on June 12-13 at the Coast Kamloops Hotel & Conference Centre in Kamloops, BC. This event is a transformative...

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Embracing Change: Naqsmist Storytellers Inc.'s Pivot to an Educational Technology Model community empowerment company transformation cultivating safe spaces educational technology naqsmist online learning May 17, 2024

A New Chapter in Cultivating Safe Spaces

At Naqsmist Storytellers Inc., we are excited to announce a transformative shift in our approach to fostering safe and inclusive environments. Our pivot...

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Naqsmist Team Retreat 2024 company milestone cultivating safe spaces echo valley ranch employee connection leadership naqsmist professional development team building team retreat workplace wellness May 01, 2024

Naqsmist Storytellers Inc. just surpassed its first year in operation. In April, the journey culminated at the stunning Echo Valley Ranch for our first annual staff retreat, where we celebrated all...

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Behind the Scenes - How We Centre our Well-Being company culture cultivating safe spaces employee wellbeing healthy work culture mindful business naqsmist sustainable workplace team wellness work life balance Feb 01, 2024

How do I promote well-being and how do we plan our company based on the seasonal cycles? I’m always looking ahead at the year, taking into account the things we know are...

BTS: Knowledge Keepers Gathering bc assembly of first nations climate change action community resilience environmental stewardship healing our land indigenous ceremony indigenous knowledge indigenous leaders knowledge keepers naqsmist tsleil-waututh Nov 24, 2023

Thank you Rueben George of səlilwətaɬ for opening up your house to us to do this work, to all of the knowledge keepers, we are humbled by your sharing and guidance.

Thank you to BCAFN, Chief...

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How Our Projects Team Worked Through Their Imposter Syndrome empowerment imposter syndrome leadership teamwork Nov 09, 2023

At Naqsmist, Elaine Alec intentionally creates teams with junior members who are adaptable to new ways of thinking or innovating for systems change. This creates an environment where a young team...

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Elaine Presented at the Healthy Living Leader Training 2023 Session community community wellness cultivating safe spaces healthy living indigenous health indigenous wellbeing isparc leadership Oct 27, 2023

On Oct. 24th, Elaine presented a 90-minute Cultivating Safe Spaces presentation for Honour Your Health Leaders in the Interior Region as part of the Indigenous Sports Physical Activity and...

Leaders Who Project Strength Before Warmth Run Risk Of Eliciting Fear cultivating safe spaces decision making empowering voices governance inclusive leadership inclusivity leadership naqsmist storytelling wellbeing Sep 29, 2023

There are thousands of articles and tips on how to run an effective meeting and create the perfect agenda to get what you want out of that meeting. It usually requires an agenda that the...

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