Board presents Niigaan Sinclair on Truth and Reconciliation: We All Play a Role

Rainbow District School Board invites parents/guardians and community members to hear guest speaker Niigaan Sinclair deliver a presentation entitled “Truth and Reconciliation: We All Play a Role”.

“We look forward to welcoming Niigaan Sinclair, a respected voice across Canada,” says Director of Education Norm Blaseg. “His presentation is part of our continued commitment to First Nations, Métis and Inuit education. This is an opportunity to learn more about reconciliation and, more importantly, the role we can all play in this important process.”

The presentation will take place on Thursday, February 9, 2017 from 6:30 pm to 8 pm in the Sheridan Auditorium at Sudbury Secondary School, 154 College Street. Secondary students will be available in the library to provide childcare support, if needed. Light snacks and activities will be offered. There will also be a video link to Espanola High School.

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 Manitoba’s “Top Forty Under Forty.”

He is 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 Guardian 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 2017.

Niigaan Sinclair’s father, The Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, was chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.

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Media Contact:

Nicole Charette, Senior Advisor,
Corporate Communications and Strategic Planning,
Rainbow District School Board, 705-674-3171, ext. 7217.