Design Partner
Kim is Potowatomi from Wasauksing First Nation reserve in Ontario.
Kim brings to Emergent her expertise in program design, non-violent communication, conflict resolution, diversity and anti-oppression training and policy development.
Kim worked for Rediscovery International for 17 years, combining traditional indigenous and ecological knowledge into wilderness based leadership courses. For nearly 20 years, she has been studying with various Traditional Healers and indigenous cultures from Nepal, Thailand, Peru, Venezuela, Mexico, Belize, Haiti, Canada and the United States.
Most recently, just after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Kim joined Dr. Beth Hedva, Director of the Canadian Association for Trauma Outreach and Prevention, as a Ceremonialist and art therapist. Her work in Haiti included the training of 275 front-line workers in a 5 step emotional trauma model .
