New Book by Dr Cyndy Baskin

Kia ora, another new book out: Strong Helpers’ Teachings: The Value of Indigenous Knowledges in the Helping Professions by Dr Cyndy Baskin. Looks great, Taima

This book discusses values and knowledges that are common to Indigenous peoples globally and applies them to contemporary helping practice, offering concrete examples of how they can be of assistance to both Indigenous and non-Indigenous helping professionals.


This book provides enrichment for the helping practices of Indigenous and non-Indigenous students, practitioners, and scholars in the human services. All those in the helping professions are challenged to share these important Indigenous teachings without specific practices being appropriated.



“Baskin takes up this challenge and begins from a positive place, founding her text on the premise that Indigenous knowledges have relevance for all. Her text offers, to scholars and practitioners of the helping professions, a number of comfortable starting points to begin wading into the depth, power, and utility of Indigenous approaches to helping self, families, and communities.”

— Jean-Paul Restoule, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Adult Education and Counselling Psychology, OISE/UT



CYNDY BASKIN, Mi’kmaq and Celtic Nations, is Associate Professor of Social Work at RyersonUniversity in Toronto and an active and energetic teacher, researcher, and community builder both in Canada and internationally. She has written widely on these and other topics.