The Indigenous Solidarity Working Group, comprising parishioners and friends, is interested in the complex and myriad issues surrounding Indigenous People in Canada, and in particular relating to our urban Indigenous neighbours.
The Responsibility of Being Human in a World of Others
Professor Douglas Sanderson is Beaver Clan, from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation and currently holds the Prichard Wilson Chair in Law and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. He has been deeply engaged in Aboriginal issues from a policy perspective for over 20 years. Professor Sanderson’s scholarship focuses on Aboriginal institutions, post-colonial reconciliation and rebuilding community. He has been the Visiting Indigenous Scholar at Redeemer for the past three years, and this is his final talk in this role. He is co-author with Andrew Stobo Sniderman of Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town and the Road to Reconciliation.
The talk, The Responsibility of Being Human in a World of Others, held on Saturday, May 9 is available through YouTube.
Past Events:
ReconciliAction Symposium – Engaging presentations and discussion with three prominent leaders from the First Nations’ community – Douglas Sanderson, of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation of Manitoba, UofT law professor and Visiting Indigenous Scholar at the Church of the Redeemer; Douglas Sinclair, of the Peguis First Nation of Manitoba and publisher of Indigenous Watchdog; and The Venerable Rosalyn Kantlaht’ant Elm, chaplain from Six Nations held on Saturday, May 24, 2025.
Indigenous is the New Orientalism: Identity, Ambiguity and the Creation of Pretendians – a talk by Professor Douglas Sanderson on Saturday, June 15, 2024
About the Indigenous Solidarity Working Group
The group’s focus is both education and outreach. New members are welcome to assist with programming.
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