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Lyson Rivest

Formation / Présentation / Consultation

Consultant / Trainer / Speaker

Lyson Rivest, Trainer/Speaker

English follows

Avec plus d'une décennie d'expérience dans la fonction publique fédérale, Lyson apporte à ICT une combinaison unique d'expertise en matière de relations avec les autochtones, de de négociation, et de formation.

Lyson a participé à la négociation de revendications particulières impliquant des violations de promesses de traités ou d'autres obligations de la Couronne envers les Premières Nation, ainsi qu'à la négociation d’ententes portant plutôt vers le futur tel que des traités  modernes et ententes sur l’autonomie gouvernementale.

Plus récemment, avant de rejoindre Indigenous Corporate Training Inc, Lyson était responsable d'une équipe chargée de former les fonctionnaires fédéraux sur le sujet des traités modernes et des ententes sur  l'autonomie gouvernementale. À ce titre, elle a dirigé la refonte d'un programme de formation, qui a été suivi par plus de 10 000 personnes depuis.

Lyson s'appuie sur son expérience dans les domaines de la politique et de la négociation, ainsi que de l'apprentissage et du développement, pour donner un sens à des sujets et des questions complexes et partager des idées claires et pratiques avec les participants. Elle favorise un environnement d'apprentissage sûr et positif où les participants peuvent remettre en question leurs croyances et explorer diverses perspectives. Lyson est convaincue que la compréhension et l'humilité sont essentielles pour développer des relations interpersonnelles et interculturelles productives.

Lyson est titulaire d'un baccalauréat en développement international et mondialisation et parle couramment le français et l'anglais.

 




Lyson brings a unique perspective of Indigenous relations, training development, and negotiation to ICT. Prior to joining ICT, she spent over a decade working in the federal public service, specifically within Crown-Indigenous Relations.

During her public service career, Lyson represented Canada at negotiation tables for specific claims aiming to address past historical breaches of treaty promises or other obligations towards First Nations. She also participated in the negotiation of future-looking agreements: Modern Treaties, and self-government agreements.

In her most recent role in the public service, Lyson served as the Manager of a team responsible for educating public servants about modern treaties and self-government agreements across departments. During this time, her team designed a core training program in Indigenous awareness, which has been attended by over 10,000 federal employees in under two years.

Lyson uses the expertise she gained during her public service career in policy development, negotiations, and learning & development to help her audience make sense of complex Indigenous topics and issues. She fosters a safe and supportive learning environment where participants can challenge their own belief systems and explore different perspectives without fear or judgment. Lyson believes that empathy and humility are key to productive interpersonal and intercultural relationships.

Lyson holds a Bachelor in International Development and Globalization and is fluent in French and English.

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This was an outstanding session. It covered vital historic information and helped us to better understand how to work with Indigenous communities.
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Meeta Gandhi
Town of East Gwillimbury
As Landscape Architects, we have a responsibility to protect land for future generations. Through Truth and Reconciliation, learning from Indigenous community-based land stewardship enables can allow us to integrate their cultural principles of land management into our public space designs."
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Frank Mazzotta
Town of East Gwillimbury
This is a training that should be mandatory for everyone in the public service. Advancing T&R means that we, non Indigenous, learn to do better, to go the extra mile, to pay attention to how we do things and how that impact he way we relate with the Indigenous community. This training advances us by miles.
EastGwillimbury
Town of East Gwillimbury

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