Healing is not optional.
It is the only way forward.
We are being called to heal ourselves, our lineages, our families and our communities. We are also being called to heal the places where we spend most of our lives. Our workplaces. Our practices. Our professions.
Professions carry wounds too. They get passed down through training, through culture, through what we were taught to tolerate and what we were taught to ignore. They get passed down through inaction, through denial, and through a determination to keep doing things the way we have always done them. Harm becomes procedure. Exhaustion becomes normal. People become files.
This is the work Myrna has been calling us to since the first episode of The Trauma-Informed Lawyer, and it is the work she brings into courtrooms and boardrooms, into classrooms, conference stages and community gatherings.
A member of the bar in British Columbia since 2007, with a career spanning defence, prosecution and adjudication. Workplace investigator. Creator and host of The Trauma-Informed Lawyer podcast and the Justice as Trauma Summit. Published by the American Bar Association, CanLII and Routledge.
Myrna McCallum
Myrna McCallum is a Métis and Cree lawyer, speaker, author and the founder of LoveBack™. Her work sits at the intersection of justice, trauma, leadership and the human realities of doing difficult work.
For more than two decades, Myrna has worked with leaders, professionals, organizations and communities to understand what happens beneath the surface of conflict, harm and organizational dysfunction, and what becomes possible when we center humanity.
Centering humanity, together
I Share
Virtual programs, keynotes, conference talks and trainings for leaders, legal teams and organizations ready to do things differently.
I Gather
LoveBack™ retreats and gatherings where we slow down and learn together.
See Upcoming Gatherings →I See
Kinship Guidance Sessions for when you need someone to help you see what's really happening.
Explore Kinship Guidance →A global gathering Myrna created, three years running
Since 2024, judges and lawyers, law enforcement and physicians, educators, advocates, survivors, helpers and community leaders have gathered from around the world to confront what our systems cost people, and to bring the evidence for what real justice actually requires. Trauma-responsive practice. Emotional intelligence. Revolutionary love. Liberation. Healing.
Conversations on Healing & Justice
Tune in to the podcast changing the way professionals lead, advocate, and care.
This is not a call to run the same system more gently.
It is a call for our professions to repair what they have broken, to humanize what they made procedural, and to move toward liberation for everyone they touch, including the people inside them.
Explore Virtual Programs →Honouring the Work
Acknowledged by legal institutions for transformative contributions to justice and victim support.
- Bridge Builders AwardPancouver
- Cecilia I. Johnstone AwardCanadian Bar Association Women Lawyers’ Forum
- Award of ExcellenceCanadian Bar Association BC Women Lawyers’ Forum
- Game Changer AwardSaskatchewan Ombudsman
- Special Contributor AwardCanadian Bar Association BC Aboriginal Lawyers’ Forum
- Excellence in Legal Practice & Victim SupportFederal Department of Justice
Publications & Contributions
Contributing to the academic and practical evolution of the profession.
CanLII Open Access
Canadian Law, Indigenous Laws and Critical Perspectives
A critical examination of the relationship between Canadian state law and Indigenous legal orders.
View Publication →American Bar Association
Trauma-Informed Law: A Primer
Essential reading for lawyer resilience, healing, and ethical practice in a high-stress profession.
View Publication →Routledge, contributed chapter
Justice, Indigenous Peoples, and Canada: A History of Courage and Resilience
Myrna contributed a chapter exploring the historical and ongoing intersections between Indigenous peoples and the Canadian justice system.
View Publication →Words from the Community
“This has been by far the most relevant and useful pro D training I have participated in. Thanks so much!”
“The JAT Conference is a great learning event for all interested in supporting and nurturing humanity.”
“Learning from Myrna was a masterclass in authenticity, advocacy and self-reflection.”