• October 6, 2021 | Wayne K. Spear: “The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement allowed the Catholic Church to escape justice,” National Post.
• September 30, 2021 | Wayne K. Spear: “The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation will help ensure Canadians never forget the past,” National Post.
• September 29, 2021 | BMO marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with $600,000 in donations to Indigenous organizations across Canada. Read more.
• September 24, 2021 | “Quebec Indigenous groups collecting stories of forced sterilization.” The forced and coerced sterilization of Indigenous women is something that one of my clients is very engaged with. The article, which you can read here, quotes Marjolaine Sioui. She’s the director general of the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission, who I’ve had the pleasure of working with as well.
• September 21, 2021 | In the Fall 2021 issue of JAM, out in October, we consider the theme of connectivity and the digital divide. For this issue I interviewed Jeff Ward, founder of the digital services agency Animikii.
• September 16, 2021 | I’ve worked on a number of projects with the Legacy of Hope Foundation over the past 15 years. Here’s some news about their latest exhibit, “Pain, loss and courage”: New art exhibit tells the stories of ’60s Scoop survivors.
• August 6, 2021 | “Nishnawbe Aski Nation gets $17.8M from Ottawa for community health transformation.” This is a great project. In 2019, I travelled to Thunder Bay to facilitate a NAN strategic workshop on the health transformation initiative.
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