Tia Kennedy Personal Timeline

  • Birth

    Birth

    Started the social role;Daughter and became apart of a social institution; Family
  • Father gets arrested

    Father gets arrested

    Life event, Taboo, become familiar with social institution: Law
  • French School

    French School

    Trajectory, mother thinks going into french will open more career paths for me. Social Institution: School, Francophone
    Role Strain: french is difficult for me, being my second language.
  • Cultural/Spiritual Awakening

    Cultural/Spiritual Awakening

    Cohort: reconnecting with native heritage, social institution: Community, being apart of a specific culture
  • Start playing Competitive Soccer

    Start playing Competitive Soccer

    Status: Athlete, Social role: teammate, player, friend, Social institution: Sports, Soccer club
  • Highschool

    Highschool

    Social Institution: Education, Status: student, social norm: normal/the law to go to high school as a teenager, friend, trajectory could lead to different paths, social groups
  • Brain Injury

    Brain Injury

    Life event: Changed my life, was difficult to overcome and changeed my path. Trajectory: could have lead me down multiple different pathways, changed my original plan. Social Institution: health, patient
  • Addictions

    Addictions

    Social Institution: Health, Role conflict: It was tiring for me to work or go to school which became stressful
  • Western University

    Western University

    Social Institution: Education, Status: Student, Social Norm: It was normal for my friends to go to university/college, expected. If you don't go to school you are deemed "stupid" or won't have a successful job.
  • Reconnecting with Spirituality

    Reconnecting with Spirituality

    Transition: life-changing and allowed me to become more motivated and driven. Allowed me to find my purpose. Social Institution: Community, being with other people with the same mindset. Status: Student, learning new teaches, experiences.
  • New relationship

    New relationship

    Role: Girlfriend. Social norms to be in a relationship and have someone, Social Institution: Family
  • Start working with a Charitable Inniative

    Start working with a Charitable Inniative

    Social Institution: Work, life event: fulfilling my purpose, gaining experience. Role conflict: Can clash with my regular job and school, becomes stressful , Cohort: Working with indigenous youth going through the same cultural experiences as me. Social role: Teacher, teaching them different teachings and slf empowerment
  • Accepted for fellowship

    Accepted for fellowship

    Life event: Will allow me to quit my stressful job and focus on my charity and purpose full-time, Social Role: Change maker / Social Innovator, Cohort: working with other indigenous change makers trying to make the world a better place.
  • University of Toronto

    University of Toronto

    life event: Help me become better educated, more degrees and authority to the information that I am spreading, Transition: will open different avenues for me to work within the indigenous world and I am able to apply to more grants and fellowships as a student, Social Institution: education, status: Student