ABSTRACT
Myrna Lynne McCallum is a bi/2S Métis grandmother, podcaster, global educator, lawyer and inter-generational healer from Green Lake, Saskatchewan in Treaty 6 territory who currently resides on the ancestral, unceded and traditional territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam people. In this chapter she shares some of her journey to becoming a trauma-informed lawyer and how she came to understand that trauma is a traveler who follows into relationships and workplaces. In offering her insights, Myrna is attempting to help lawyers and judges begin to see trauma in all its forms so they can make space for it to move through as quickly as possible while taking steps to ensure that they do not get stuck in its grasp. By offering her insights, Myrna hopes that the lessons that she learned along the way can also educate court clerks, correctional officers, child protection workers and police officers working in various legal or justice systems. By promoting a trauma-informed practice, Myrna is inviting hope, humanity and healing into the workplace.
