Volume I The Tau Ontology
We share a common mother She sits in the field of Lost daughters and stolen sisters Where else would a mother be?
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We each choose paths that converge forever without meeting, in the here and now, beyond the here and now, and remain together forever through space and time Winter 2021
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We have members across BC, and we acknowledge the multiple First Nations traditional territories where we live, work and play. Our organization is housed in the Victoria Native Friendship Centre, and centered in the islands of the mid-Salish Sea. As such we specifically acknowledge our organizational host, the Victoria Native Friendship Centre, and our hosts of several nations, collectively the SENĆOŦEN speaking peoples, also referred to as the Malchosen, the Lekwungen, the Semiahmoo, and the T’Souke. We share a way forward based on mutual respect and marked by stories of our communities learning together in this time of Truth and Reconciliation.
The O_CHI logo is five rings that overlap each other surrounded by a circle of dots. The five rings represent five marginalized communities, Indigenous/TwoSpirit, trans/nonbinary, Sex Workers, People With Disabilities, and Newcomers. The overlap represents the intersectionality of our communities. The colours represent the uniqueness of each, The white our common struggles The O_CHI dash states that equity is never dependent on identity
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Our Co-op members, who work together to get better together, the work and effort of all O_CHI participants / community members who are generous in sharing their experiences, and the O_CHI Project Leads, Coordinators and Researchers who go above and beyond in our common effort to grow wellness in our communities. Thank You.
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Sustain Capacity Tau, Mystery School
Safeguard Everyone Foundations of Wellness
Identify Stakeholders Directories that work
Engage People T’eVine, Our Community Network
Collect & Share all Data Six Jungian Thinking Hats
The Way of the Wand
Create Meaning Vernacular Pattern Languages
Design Improvements Projects of Innovation
Evaluate Results Rings of Reflection
Improve Ser vices Relationships of Mutual Respect
WE BEGAN OUR WORK TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY WELLNESS IN 2014
NOW, SEVEN YEARS LATER, WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE RAINBOW
AND SEE A NEW HORIZON ARISING FROM THE SEEDS GATHERED AND CAST
M y st er y School JOIN US
OUR VISION
Reveals a day when the world sees us as respected, vital, and important.
The dawn of that day is when we see ourselves that way. The Path to that Dawn is the Way of the Wand.
OUR MISSION
Is the promotion of gender wellness through research and education. Gender wellness is the set of personal strategies and public policies that makes our genders a beneficial part of our lives, families, and communities.
OUR FOCUS
Are people (and their families) who are: anticipating, exploring, considering, living through, or wanting to share their lived experience of physical, social, and personal transition related to gender.
OUR PREMISES The trans / Two-Spirit phenomena has three constituent parts, the trans condition, which is innate, and the trans experience, which is persistent, and underlying these is trans-ness, an immeasurable but usable element.
There is no single narrative of the trans phenomena, but there are clusters of importance. Our experience of gender is different because we are Two-Spirit / trans, We are not Two-Spirit / trans because our experience of gender is different. The first job of all is to leave a better planet than the one we were given at birth.
OUR PROJECTS
Identify cohorts with specific needs within the T2NB community Develop community capacity to lead in all aspects of the project Identify service, healthcare, government, and community stakeholders Establish a base line of program metrics usable by all stakeholders Ensure the safety of the project team and those they interact with Design a pilot program to address needs identified by a specific cohort
Our Funding Mandates
T H E BAS I S O F O U R WO R K IS OUR COMMUNITY LICENSE
AND MOST OF ALL - A PROACTIVE, UNCEASING SHIFTING TO DECOLONIZATION UNHINGE THE MIND CONTINUE the shift— from hierarchy to network
UNDOCK THE CLOCK
U N C L U TC H T H E TO O M U C H CONTINUE the shift— from land ownership to responsibility for the land
UNROBE THE GLOBE
O U R C U R R E N T WO R K I S SYS T E M S C H A N G E I N V E S T I GAT I O N What is not Systems Change Investigation? • • • •
Asking people how they feel about things that are easily discernable Information without an usable action plan A process replicating 70% of other processes Short term deliverables
T H R O U G H C O M M U N I T Y - BAS E D PA R T I C I PATO RY R E S E A R C H What is systems change investigation? WE PRACTICE RESEARCH AS SERVICE, NOT AS AN INTERVENTION
SHIFT OF PERSPECTIVE SYSTEMIC CHANGE FOR THE TRANS, TWO-SPIRIT, NONBINARY COMMUNITY IS WHEN CIS PEOPLE SEE ME AS SOME KIND OF ASD person RATHER THAN SOME KIND OF LESBIAN. THE QUESTION REMAINS
IS THIS A SHIFT WE WANT? CHRŸS TEI, WINTER 2021
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them” Albert Einstein
N U R T U R E D T H R O U G H A N I N C UBATO R O F C O M M UN I T Y R E S O U R C E S
TO C O L L E C T D E - B I AS E D D E S T I G M AT I Z E D W H O L E M I N D DATA
THROUGH GROKKING
Typical Smart Phone 2008—250 Million Transistors
2018—8 Billion Transistors Parallel processing is difference
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TO A R T I C U L AT E PAT T E R N L A N G UAG E S T H AT P R O V I D E C O M M U N I T Y G U I D E L I N E S
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TO I N F O R M T H E D E V E LO P M E N T O F C O M M U N I T Y P R O JE C T S O F I N N O VAT I O N
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W H Y T H I S I N I T I AT I V E M AT T E R S Growing the changes needed for healthier communities requires:
A convincing argument consisting of a clearly stated need and an effective solution The authority to speak and access to decision makers who will listen A network of persistent communities working together to create improvement for each A strategy for changing beliefs as well as knowledge
Our work is to create conditions where this growth happens O_CHI establishes the community capacity to ensure that resources directed to our community’s healthcare are allocated equitably and effectively
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P L E AS E B E G I N BY
Learn Black THE SEVEN HOUSES
U N H I N G I N G YO U R M I N D
ning wand— k
A QUANTUM BASED POST COLONIAL MODEL OF THE MIND BASED ON CURRENT SCIENCE
AT THE VICTORIA NATIVE FRIENDSHIP CENTRE
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MEDICINE
Wed, JUNE 28
BUCK
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Thu, JULY 28
STURGEON
WATER
Sat, AUG 27
HARVEST
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Sun, SEPT 25
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GET CERTIFIED IN Tue, OCT 25
HUNTER
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TRAUMA HEALING TRAINING MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID OCCUPATIONAL FIRST AID FOODSAFE & CAMP COOKING REIKI LEVELS 1 & 2 HYPNOBIRTHING LIVING ELDERSHIP PLUS DRUM MAKING BETWIX’D
ARE YOU A TWO-SPIRIT OR TRANS PERSON WHO IS UNEMPLOYED, UNDEREMPLOYED OR SEEKING A PATH INTO THE HEALING ARTS? SHIELDMAIDENS WE HAVE A SCHOLARSHIP FOR YOU Mentoring Gender Diverse Women Ages 13-19
Nurturing Ancestor Wisdom in our Communities
AT THE VICTORIA NATIVE FRIENDSHIP CENTRE
DATE
MOON
MEDICINE
Wed, JUNE 28
BUCK
EARTH
Thu, JULY 28
STURGEON
WATER
Sat, AUG 27
HARVEST
AIR
Sun, SEPT 25
BLOOD
FIRE
Tue, OCT 25
HUNTER
SOUND
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MEDICINE
Sun, JUNE 26
BUCK
EARTH
Thu, JULY 28
STURGEON
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Sat, AUG 27
HARVEST
AIR
Sun, SEPT 25
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Tue, OCT 25
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SOUND
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HYPNOBIRTHING NEW MUM WELLNESS LIVING ELDERSHIP SHIELDMAIDENS Mentoring Gender Diverse Women Ages 13-19
BETWIX’D SHIELDMAIDENS AND THE IMPROV PUPPETS
Nurturing Ancestor Wisdom in our Communities
