Thanks for joining us on Thursday, Dec 7th, 2023 from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (PST), for “Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, A White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation.” In this Indigenous Speaker Series session, we had a conversation with Andrew Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson – Amo Binashii, authors of Valley of the Birdtail. In this Indigenous Speakers Series session, we learnt about what it means to be Indigenous in Canada, what it means for all of us to be Canadians in a newly reformed Canada, and ultimately what it would mean for all of us if we choose to be on the road to reconciliation.
Join us virtually on Thursday, Dec 7th, 2023 from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (PST), for “Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, A White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation.” This virtual event is presented by the Indigenous Speakers Series.
Speaker
Andrew Stobo Sniderman
Andrew Stobo Sniderman is a writer, lawyer and Rhodes Scholar from Montreal. He has written for the New York Times, the Globe and Mail and Maclean’s. He has also argued before the Supreme Court of Canada, served as the human rights policy advisor to the Canadian minister of foreign affairs, and worked for a judge of South Africa’s Constitutional Court.
Douglas Sanderson – Amo Binashii
Douglas Sanderson – Amo Binashii is Beaver Clan, from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation. He is a Fulbright Scholar, and holds the Prichard Wilson Chair in Law and Public Policy at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. Professor Sanderson has served as senior Advisor to the government of Ontario, in the offices of the Attorney General and Aboriginal Affairs.
Photograph by V. Tony Hauser.
Moderator
Derek K Thompson – Thlaapkiituup, Director, Indigenous Engagement
Description
Written by Derek K Thompson – Thlaapkiituup, Director, Indigenous Engagement
I could not have come up with a better title for this important conversation with Andrew Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson, authors of the timely publication, Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, A White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation.
In an era of truth, reconciliation and redress we are often confronted with layers of complex questions about who we are and where we come from, and what it means to reestablish a relationship between Indigenous – First Nations, Inuit, Métis – peoples and colonial and new settler Canadians.
Andrew Sniderman thinks that, “The inequalities that we see every day, all around us, are not accidental and they’re not inevitable, they’re the result of government after government for the last 150 years making choices, and that means that we have the power to do things differently and better.”
Douglas Sanderson – Amo Binashii believes that, “These are not really legal problems, these are political problems, these are questions about how we live together, how we choose to live together, and in Valley of the Birdtail will show how we’ve chosen to end up here in this system of inequality, but we could choose to do it in a different way, we could choose a better Canada.”
Valley of the Birdtail is a relevant and timely publication about what it means to be Indian in Canada, and what it means to be Indigenous in Canada, and what it means for all of us to be Canadians in a newly reformed Canada, and ultimately what it will mean for all of us if we choose to be on the road to reconciliation.
Topic: Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, A White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation
Date: Thursday, Dec 7th, 2023
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 pm (PST)
What Will I Learn?
You will learn about a unique Indigenous and white perspective of coming to terms with each other in the context of truth, reconciliation and redress.
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