{"id":53811,"date":"2022-10-08T11:59:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T10:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=53811"},"modified":"2022-10-08T11:59:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T10:59:27","slug":"why-canada-is-infusing-business-meetings-with-indigenous-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2022\/10\/why-canada-is-infusing-business-meetings-with-indigenous-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Canada Is Infusing Business Meetings With Indigenous Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sustainable-meetings-canada.jpg\" alt=\"Why Canada Is Infusing Business Meetings With Indigenous Culture\" class=\"wp-image-53812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sustainable-meetings-canada.jpg 800w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sustainable-meetings-canada-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sustainable-meetings-canada-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sustainable-meetings-canada-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sustainable-meetings-canada-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sustainability in the meetings and events industry is not often linked to a cultural and social focus. However, Destination Canada Business Events is changing that.\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When most hear the word sustainability in the meetings and events industry, most don\u2019t think of a cultural and social focus.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/businessevents.destinationcanada.com\/\">Destination Canada Business Events<\/a>&nbsp;team is changing that.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of avoiding the grim legacy of Canada\u2019s effort to erase its Indigenous culture, travel and tourism have an important role to play on the path to reconciliation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the country, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca\/eng\/1450124405592\/1529106060525\">Truth and Reconciliation Commission&nbsp;<\/a>has stated that the church-run residential schools that Indigenous families were forced to send their children to were a form of cultural genocide. They operated from 1883 to 1996, and last year new technology led to the discovery of human remains, mostly children, on the grounds of three of these former schools in Canada.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to the second ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30, a day honoring the lost Indigenous children and survivors of residential schools, their families, and communities, Destination Canada\u2019s Business Events team gathered a group of meeting and event planners in London, England for an educational evening.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matricia Bauer, a member of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/warriorwomen.ca\/about-warrior-women\/\">Warrior Women<\/a>&nbsp;collective and an Indigenous drumming group, was a special guest on hand to engage with the group. Bauer was one of the thousands of Indigenous children in Canada removed from her family to be raised by non-Indigenous families. The upbringing separated her from her heritage, leading Bauer to reconnect in her own way through a process of decolonization and Indigenization. Warrior Women is an initiative focusing on Indigenous education and engagement for all ages through school visits, guided experiences, workshops, fireside chats, and Wapakwanis plant walks in and around Jasper. In singing, drumming, teaching, and storytelling, Bauer looks to \u201cIndigenize the world \u2014 one drum beat at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A group of 60 meeting and incentive planners gathered to hear Bauer\u2019s story. Destination Canada did not censor Bauer in any way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are not proud of this part of our history, but we are not going to hide it in any way. We are trying to bridge the gap and help those who have been through these atrocities. One way we can assist is by making their culture sustainable and helping them tell their story,\u201d said Chantal Sturk-Nadeau, executive director, business events,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/businessevents.destinationcanada.com\/team\">Destination Canada<\/a>. \u201cIf they stay sustainable financially and economically, their culture will thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the focuses of the evening was how reconciliation and cultural sustainability could be incorporated into business meetings and incentive events. 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