As the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Senator Murray Sinclair was a key figure in raising global awareness of the atrocities of Canada’s residential school system. With determination, wisdom and kindness, Senator Sinclair remains steadfast in his belief that the path to actual reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people requires understanding and accepting often difficult truths about Canada’s past and present. Alanis Obomsawin shares the powerful speech the Senator gave when he accepted the WFM-Canada World Peace Award, interspersing the heartbreaking testimonies of former students imprisoned at residential schools. The honouring of Senator Sinclair reminds us to honour the lives and legacies of the tens of thousands of Indigenous children taken from their homes and cultures, and leaves us with a profound feeling of hope for a better future.
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For more than 50 years, Trent has incorporated traditional teachings and perspectives into its curricular and extra-curricular programming. In fact, Trent’s groundbreaking leadership in Indigenous Studies dates back to our beginnings, when we became the first university in Canada, and only the second in North America, to establish an academic department dedicated to the study of Indigenous peoples and Indigenous knowledges. It’s just one of the ways we think differently, and inspire our students to do the same.
Our members, both indigenous and non-indigenous, learn together. We do our best to become an example of what reconciliation looks like: people working together and treating each other with respect, justice and equality.
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The Unitarian Fellowship of Peterborough is a liberal religious community, grounded in love, that strives to be welcoming and inclusive, by dismantling racism and all systemic barriers to inclusion...in ourselves and in our society. We choose to embrace life with wonder and inquiry, to foster personal transformation, and to act for a just and sustainable world.
- Year2021
- Runtime29 minutes
- CountryCanada
- DirectorAlanis Obomsawin
As the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Senator Murray Sinclair was a key figure in raising global awareness of the atrocities of Canada’s residential school system. With determination, wisdom and kindness, Senator Sinclair remains steadfast in his belief that the path to actual reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people requires understanding and accepting often difficult truths about Canada’s past and present. Alanis Obomsawin shares the powerful speech the Senator gave when he accepted the WFM-Canada World Peace Award, interspersing the heartbreaking testimonies of former students imprisoned at residential schools. The honouring of Senator Sinclair reminds us to honour the lives and legacies of the tens of thousands of Indigenous children taken from their homes and cultures, and leaves us with a profound feeling of hope for a better future.
SPONSORED BY:
For more than 50 years, Trent has incorporated traditional teachings and perspectives into its curricular and extra-curricular programming. In fact, Trent’s groundbreaking leadership in Indigenous Studies dates back to our beginnings, when we became the first university in Canada, and only the second in North America, to establish an academic department dedicated to the study of Indigenous peoples and Indigenous knowledges. It’s just one of the ways we think differently, and inspire our students to do the same.
Our members, both indigenous and non-indigenous, learn together. We do our best to become an example of what reconciliation looks like: people working together and treating each other with respect, justice and equality.
Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
The Unitarian Fellowship of Peterborough is a liberal religious community, grounded in love, that strives to be welcoming and inclusive, by dismantling racism and all systemic barriers to inclusion...in ourselves and in our society. We choose to embrace life with wonder and inquiry, to foster personal transformation, and to act for a just and sustainable world.
- Year2021
- Runtime29 minutes
- CountryCanada
- DirectorAlanis Obomsawin
