Explore every episode of the podcast Indigenous Perspectives

A one-on-one conversation with Candice St-Aubin, Director General of Employment and Social Development Canada’s Indigenous Affairs Directorate.

Indigenous public servants share their thoughts and feelings about choosing a career in the public service.

On this episode, a completely open question. What is it about you, your community or your culture that you want others to know?

Indigenous Perspectives, a podcast series created for Employment and Social Development Canada, explores being Indigenous in the Public Service, what reconciliation is for individuals, and what it can be for Canada. In their own words, public servants give voice to diverse experiences—and struggles—around what it means to be Indigenous: from being firmly rooted in community, to living in two worlds but belonging in neither. Discussions about the legacies of history, the role of culture in the workplace, and how to move forward on reconciliation shed light on the varied factors that motivate Indigenous people to join, and stay, in the Public Service. On this episode: what is reconciliation?

Canadian public servants share more ideas about the way forward on reconciliation.

Some of Canada's own public servants share about their ideas about the way forward on reconciliation.

The role of Indigenous culture in the public service.

Public servants share their thoughts and feelings on the realities of being an Indigenous person.

Public servants share their thoughts and feelings on appearances: the benefits of blending in, the sadness in being shut out, the uncertainty of feeling that you're in two worlds but belong to neither.

Indigenous Perspectives presents a special one-to-one chat with Gina Wilson, Deputy Minister of Status of Women Canada and Champion of Federal Indigenous employees in the Government of Canada.

On this episode, some of Canada's own public servants talk about the loss and reclamation of identity.

On this episode, the thoughts and feelings of some of Canada's own public servants on their past, our collective past, and the path forward.