Reconciliation Is for Everyone
Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET
Reconciliation is not an “Indigenous issue” but the most important part of every single person’s life in Canada. Working, living and having effective relationships with Indigenous communities is the most employable skill and vital to working in the Canadian workforce. Come join with one of Canada’s leading public and intellectual voices on the role of reconciliation in every life in this place.
Speaker
Niigaan Sinclair
Indigenous Studies Professor & Award-winning Author
Niigaan Sinclair
Indigenous Studies Professor & Award-winning Author
Niigaan Sinclair is Anishinaabe from Peguis First Nation and a Professor at the University of Manitoba, where he holds the Faculty of Arts Professorship in Indigenous Knowledge and Aesthetics in the Department of Indigenous Studies. He is the award-winning author of the national bestseller Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre (McClelland & Stewart, 2024) and was co-editor of Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water (Highwater Press), - the book voted by Manitobans in the “On the Same Page” competition as the top book to read in 2012. Niigaan is a multiple nominee of Canadian columnist of the year (winning in 2018) and is a featured member of the Friday "Power Panel" on CBC's Power & Politics who was recently named to the “Power List” by Maclean’s magazine as one of the most influential individuals in Canada. He is also a former secondary school teacher who won the 2019 Peace Educator of the Year from the Peace and Justice Studies Association based at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
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Niigaan Sinclair is Anishinaabe from Peguis First Nation and a Professor at the University of Manitoba, where he holds the Faculty of Arts Professorship in Indigenous Knowledge and Aesthetics in the Department of Indigenous Studies. He is the award-winning author of the national bestseller Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre (McClelland & Stewart, 2024) and was co-editor of Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water (Highwater Press), – the book voted by Manitobans in the “On the Same Page” competition as the top book to read in 2012. Niigaan is a multiple nominee of Canadian columnist of the year (winning in 2018) and is a featured member of the Friday “Power Panel” on CBC’s Power & Politics who was recently named to the “Power List” by Maclean’s magazine as one of the most influential individuals in Canada. He is also a former secondary school teacher who won the 2019 Peace Educator of the Year from the Peace and Justice Studies Association based at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.