The Ripple Effect of Resilience

This heartfelt, accessible course emphasizes our common humanity, and gives practical takeaways for not only working with Indigenous children and youth but all people.


Through the course, you will add to the bundle of gifts and knowledge that you carry in your work with Indigenous children, youth and families.

Woven into six modules, Monique shares her personal journey and offers practical tips for working with Indigenous children and youth, alongside readings from her various books. Together you will build a practice of hope and resilience.


Group rates available - click here to see purchasing options.


"We count you as one of the great voices, and your inspiring words have set the stage for our stories moving forward, as we set out 'to make the invisible visible.'"
Professional Learning Coordinator, PEI


This self-led course is for you if:

  • You work with or support those who work with Indigenous children, youth and families, for example as an educator, social worker, law enforcement officer, or clinician.
  • You want to develop your understanding of colonialism and how it impacts you and the people you work with.
  • You want to start, or deepen a personal journey of decolonization in a gentle and inspiring way.
"The gentleness and common humanity that Monique expressed throughout the course was an excellent model for me on how to authentically listen and engage students and their families."
Course participant


By the end of this course, you will:


  • Recognize and identify how stress and trauma impact the wellness of those we work with and why we may see various behavioural disruptions and challenges in attachment, attention, and attunement. We will also explore tips for supporting these individuals.
  • Deepen your knowledge of the truth. This includes increasing your awareness of federal, provincial and territorial legislation and policies that have impacted, and continue to impact Indigenous people, as well as the relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
  • Describe the historical role and importance of love and joy as it pertains to the raising up of children and working with Indigenous children, youth and families.
  • Explore what Reconciliation means to you by developing your own personal definition, and identify action steps to weave the definition into your life. 
  • Be introduced to the Cultural Resilience Model Monique has created, the 4 Blankets of Resilience: Strong Sense of Self, Family, Community, Culture and Language. This will include choosing one of the Blankets to weave into your everyday ways of being, learning and doing.
The course will also give you access to the e-book The Ripple Effect of Resiliency: Strategies for Fostering Resilience with Indigenous Children and Families to support you throughout the course and after as well.


I am looking forward to this journey with you! 

Meet your teacher: Monique Gray Smith

Monique Gray Smith is a proud mom of twins, an award-winning, best-selling author and sought after consultant with over 30 years of experience. Monique’s first published novel, Tilly: A Story of Hope and Resilience won the 2014 Burt Award for First Nation, Métis and Inuit Literature.

Since then, Monique has had five books come out, including Speaking our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation. Speaking our Truth has won numerous awards, is a a Canadian Best Seller and a finalist for the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. It continues to be used across the country as a tool to educate the hearts and minds of both young and not so young readers. Monique’s latest release, Tilly and the Crazy Eights, is an adult novel about an epic road trip that reminds the reader of the power of the human spirit and that love is medicine.

Monique is Cree, Lakota and Scottish and has been sober and involved in her healing journey for over 29 years. She is well known for her storytelling, spirit of generosity and focus on resilience.

Six Critical Lessons About Resilience

Lesson One: The Ripple Effect of Resilience

Lesson Two: Trauma

Lesson Three: History

Lesson Four: Reconciliation

Lesson Five: A Cultural Resilience Model - The Four Blankets

Lesson Six: Closing

Love is Medicine, and Resilience Ripples

Individual Learner Access  



  • 6 lessons in video format
  • Curated reflection and practice activities 
  • Access to the e-book The Ripple Effect of Resiliency: Strategies for Fostering Resilience with Indigenous Children and Families ($40 value)


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