Nadina Dodd

Acknowledging my whakapapa/tipuna: My birthplace is Aoraki in Aotearoa New Zealand and my whanau is bicultural. We  moved abroad to Australia and then Canada when I was 11 years old. On my maternal side, I come from Latvian (Eastern European) refugees/displaced persons who were colonized by Russia and forced into a refugee camp in Germany where they survived for 6 years before making the boat journey to NZ.  On my paternal side, I come from settler colonizers from the Shetland Islands in Scotland who arrived in NZ in the early 1800's. 

 

I am a nature-lover and have a passion for artistic expression, music, history, languages, travelling and learning about culture.  All my life I have worked in highly diverse cultural settings and am privileged and honoured to be able to connect with and witness and walk alongside diverse individuals seeking growth, support and guidance. 

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I am a settler and humble guest in the lands where I live and wish to acknowledge the destructive impact of colonization on the first peoples/tangata whenua of both Turtle Island (Canada) and Aotearoa.  I also wish to recognize the collective and individual strength, resilience and courage that it takes to fight and resist colonization and the ongoing state, structural and interpersonal violence and racism in both countries. I strive to uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi and strive to honour Maori and non-Western frameworks of health.

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I would like to acknowledge my mentors, guides, teachers and supervisors (past & prresent) who have inspired me, challenged me and provided me with gems of wisdom:

• Vikki Reynolds        

• Megan Sutherland

• Donna Steadman

• Marty Levenson

• Rosemary Allan

• Tania Bailey (Puawānanga Kaitiaki)

• Olga Dodd (nee Reinieks) & Julija Reinieks (my mother & nana)

• Every single one of my clients and many of my supervisees, peers and colleagues