Residential School Education Week
“Where is the ‘I’ in Reconciliation?”
February 20, 2013 | 7:00-9:00 pm
Wosk Centre for Dialogue | 580 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
Marie Wilson, Commissioner for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, will discuss the progress of the TRC to date and the problem of reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and European settlers following decades of forced residential schooling of Aboriginal children. A question and answer session will follow her talk.
“Residential School Symposium”
February 22, 2013 | 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Convocation Mall Theatre, SFU Burnaby Campus
Dr. Eldon Yellowhorn, Chair of the First Nations Studies Department, will lead a presentation concerning the overall history and legacy of residential schools. A panel of residential school survivors/attendees will also give their input concerning their residential school experiences.
“A Site for Reconciliation: Continuing Neglect, Residential Education, and Child Welfare.”
February 27, 2013 | 7:00 -9:00 pm
Wosk Centre for Dialogue | 580 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
Dr. John Milloy, professor of Canadian and Indigenous History at Trent University in Ontario, has done research for the RoyalCommission on Aboriginal Peoples, the TRC, and is the author of A National Crime: The Canadian Government and the Residential School System, 1879 to 1986. A question and answer session will follow his talk.
All events free.
No registration required.
Everyone welcome!
For further information contact Klahanie R. Rorick at 778-782-8925 or krorick@sfu.ca
Sponsored by the First Nations Student Association, the Office for Aboriginal Peoples, and the Indigenous Research Institute, SFU.