Len Pierre Consulting

We wish you a happy National Indigenous Peoples Day!

Celebrated on the summer solstice — the longest day of the year — it is a great day to shine light on the achievements and accomplishments of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. Today, we lift up the voices, histories, and cultures of our diverse Nations, communities, and ancestors that have called this land home since time immemorial.

We raise our hands in gratitude to all of our kin who guide and ground us, making all the work we do possible.

However you choose to commemorate National Indigenous Peoples Day and National Indigenous History Month, we encourage you to approach listening and learning with an open heart, and to take the time to connect with and celebrate the amazing diversity of cultures in the communities around you.

Share this post and tell us how you are celebrating or something you have learned this Indigenous History Month to be entered in our monthly giveaway!

We’d like to invite you to a different kind of learning — one that is experiential, heart-centered, and rooted in relationship.

We are honoured to open a new experience to the public for the very first time. The innagural Longhouse Experiential Workshop will be taking place at Swaneset Longhouse on the traditional territory of Katzie First Nation. Whether you are beginning your learning journey or looking to deepen your understanding of reconciliation, this workshop offers a welcoming space to learn alongside others through Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and learning

Hosted by Len Pierre Consulting, this experience features:
✨A cultural opening led by Donovan Sylvester
✨ Exploring of Indigenous and Colonial Worldviews through the "Circle" and the "Box" framework
✨ A shared meal prepared by Indigenous Catering
✨ Reflection, dialogue, storytelling, and connection

Rather than focusing solely on information, this experience invites participants to engage with reconciliation as a lived practice grounded in humility, curiosity, relationships, and collective responsibility.

All are welcome. Date and other important information below!

📅 Saturday, September 12, 2026
🕛 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
📍 Swaneset Longhouse, Katzie First Nation
🎟️ $149 per person - Registration through Eventbrite: https://vist.ly/58ehv

Please note:
• Minimum age requirement is 17 years old due to cultural sensitivity and course content.
• Space is limited and registration is required.

We look forward to gathering with you in a good way.

hay cxʷ q̓ə

Pride was born from protest, arising in direct defiance of systemic oppression. It is an expression of community strength and resilience, and is just as important now as it was in decades past.

This Pride Month, we honour and stand in solidarity with the 2SLGBTQ+ community. We raise our hands to our Two-Spirit, q***r, and gender-diverse Indigenous kin who have always existed — as healers, knowledge keepers, loved-ones and visionaries. We see you and take this opportunity to reground ourselves in our commitment to doing the work to ensure we live in a world that appreciates the gifts you bring to your communities and all of us.

Vancouver Pride Society

What’s the difference between cultural appreciation and cultural appropriation, and why does it matter? Our new Cultural Appropriation vs. Appreciation workshop offers individuals, teams, and organizations an opportunity to engage with these questions, and deepen their understanding of the historical and modern context of why these questions arise.

Led by Marissa McIntyre (Nlaka'pamux & settler) and grounded in principles of cultural safety and reconciliation, participants will explore the historical and contemporary impacts of appropriation, examine the fine line between appreciation and harm, and gain practical tools for respectfully engaging with Indigenous knowledge, resources, and communities. This workshop empowers participants to move beyond good intentions toward informed, respectful, and meaningful engagement.

Key learning outcomes include:
- comprehensive definitions of cultural appropriation and cultural appreciation in the context of Indigenous Peoples (First Nations, Metis and Inuit)
- common examples of cultural appropriation
- a deeper awareness and understanding of appropriation, and how to instead center cultural appreciation
- widely applicable strategies to discuss and dismantle appropriative decisions, images, projects, and policies within organizations

Learn more about our new offering here:

https://vist.ly/57amr

"Settler geographies understand home, society and knowledge as existing indoors in cities, houses, schools and workplaces. But for many Indigenous peoples, learning and education is rooted in place and relationships to land."

Rooted in the understanding that the land itself is a teacher, land-based learning is an approach to education grounded in relationship, reciprocity, and connection. It offers us the opportunity to slow down, listen differently, and learn through our relationship with the world around us.

In this new article, Noah Chalifoux explores the pedagogy of land-based learning, and how LPC’s land-based and cultural learning experiences are designed and delivered through the lived experience of Len Pierre and Elder Richard Pierre as members of Katzie First Nation and people who are guided by their own experiences learning from the land.

Read the article on our blog here:
https://vist.ly/56hiz

Happy National Indigenous History Month!

This month is a time to recognize and celebrate the history, heritage, brilliance, and resilience of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples that have called this land home since time immemorial.

This June, we encourage you to further your understanding and connection to the Indigenous communities around you. This can look like engaging with and supporting the many talented Indigenous artists, scholars, activists, organizers, entrepreneurs, and leaders who enrich every facet of our society. It is also an opportunity to learn from Indigenous Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and community leaders who carry our wisdom, teachings, and cultural practices.

What are you doing this month to celebrate? Do you have any particular learning goals? We’d love to hear about it!

At LPC, one of the most important teachings we uphold is one that Len has learned and passed on from his Elders: “never be stingy with your teachings”.

We aim to honour this everyday in the way that we teach, cultivate relationships, and give back to community. In the spirit of this teaching, we’d like to humbly ask: what is something that you have learned from LPC? Is there anything you have taken away with you from a workshop or webinar - from anything seemingly small to something deeply profound? Is there a new word or concept you learned? A new way of looking at or troubleshooting an issue?

We’d love to hear about it!

In gratitude for taking the time to share your teachings, everyone that comments, tags, or posts to share will be entered to win a free hour of 1-on-1 coaching with Len.

We will announce the winner and share their teachings. Hay cxʷ q̓ə for walking alongside us!

We believe that facilitation is about more than delivering content - it is the responsibility of creating spaces where people feel safe to learn, reflect, and engage in meaningful dialogue in a way that is culturally safe and grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing and being.

Through the culmination of years of our own learning and practice, we are excited to introduce a new professional training opportunity. In a first of its kind for LPC, we will be offering Holding Space: Professional Facilitation Training.

Designed to strengthen professional facilitation skills, this training is built for those who lead meetings, workshops, training sessions, or community conversations.

Grounded in Indigenous values and relational approaches, this experience will focus on three braided strands of facilitation:
• Responsibilities
• Teachings
• Protocols

Over this three day course, participants will gain practical tools and the confidence to facilitate with care, intention, and clarity.

Registration for the first cohort is now open! This three day training will take place in-person from September 9th to 11th in Fort Langley. Participants must attend all 3 days for course completion.

You can learn more about this offering and register here:
https://vist.ly/55ixh

What becomes possible when we learn to see in more than one way?

Join Len Pierre for an online Two-Eyed Seeing Workshop — a powerful virtual learning experience exploring how Indigenous and Western ways of knowing can come together in meaningful, respectful, and transformative ways.

Originally gifted by Mi’kmaq Elders Albert and Murdena Marshall, Two-Eyed Seeing invites us to see with one eye the strengths of Indigenous knowledges and ways of being, and with the other eye, the strengths of Western approaches, teaching us to use both together for the benefit of all.

Through foundational teachings, reflection, dialogue, and discussion of practical professional applications, participants will explore how Two-Eyed Seeing can support stronger leadership, healthier relationships, cultural safety, wellness, and reconciliation in our communities and organizations.

Everything we do is an invitation to enhance professional practice while walking together in a good way.

🗓 May 28, 2026
⏰ 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM PST
📍 Virtual Workshop | Zoom

Come ready to learn, reflect, and explore how balance, humility, and interconnectedness can guide the way forward.

🔗 Register today — spaces are limited.
https://vist.ly/53ydg

The Moose Hide Campaign was founded in B.C. more than a decade ago as a grassroots, Indigenous-led movement to engage men and boys in ending gender-based violence. Since its inception, it has grown into a powerful day of ceremony and action across Canada, calling on all Canadians to unite to end violence towards women, children and gender diverse people, and to take practical steps on our collective journey towards reconciliation.

On Thursday, May 14th, Moose Hide Campaign Day events will be taking place across Canada. Along with in-person events, there will be a full day of online programming offering free virtual workshops and livestreams.

This year, Len is honoured to be leading the Indigenous Trauma & Equity Informed Practice workshop. Offered as part of the workshop sessions within the broader online Moose Hide Campaign Day schedule, this session will centre Indigenous perspectives on trauma and healing. Participants will explore the impacts of colonialism, recognize trauma responses in everyday environments, and learn approaches that support culturally safe and equity-oriented spaces.

This session will be taking place alongside many other important and powerful workshops which span many subjects: cultivating safe spaces, non-violent communication, healthy masculinity, Indigenous men’s teachings, boundaries, and community responsibility.

We hope you’ll join us on May 14th for a powerful day of learning and healing.

All workshops are free, but registration is required to attend.

Register today at: https://vist.ly/53tes

You can also find information about local events here: https://vist.ly/53teu