What does Reconciliation look like with Guest Speaker, Niigaan Sinclair

Posted On Friday October 13, 2017

In honour of Indigenous Education month, the Durham Catholic District School Board is hosting guest speaker, Niigaan Sinclair on What does reconciliation look like?

Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair is Anishinaabe (St. Peter’s/Little Peguis) and an Associate Professor at the University of Manitoba. He is an award-winning writer, editor and activist who was named one of Monocle Magazine’s “Canada’s Top 20 Most Influential People” and one of the CBC’s Manitoba’s “Top Forty Under Forty”. He has written national curriculums for Indspire, the Assembly of First Nations and national publishers. He is also a regular commentator on Indigenous issues on CTV, CBC, and APTN, and his written work can be found in the pages of newspapers like The Globe and Mail and online with CBC Books: Canada Writes. His first book on Anishinaabeg literary traditions will be coming out with the University of Minnesota Press in 2018.

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Time:

-       6:30 p.m. – snacks and refreshments

-       7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. – Mr. Sinclair’s presentation

Location:
Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School
1375 Harwood Ave., N., Ajax

*Presentation will take place in the school’s theatre. Child minding is available.

Advanced registration is required, click here to register.