NATIONWIDE - National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
Walking Together: A Conversation
Event Details
Date: Friday, September 29, 2023
Time: 12pm EST
Place: Virtual, link from ORIMS, Webinar Zoom
Hosted by: Desmond Merryshow DEI Chair for ORIMS and Christine Maligec, Past President, External Affairs and DEI Chair for NARIMS in partnership with CEA/DEI Committee for RIMS Canada.
Guest Presenters:
- · Matthew Foss, Vice President of Research & Public Policy – Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
- · Ken Letander, Owner Strat First Inc.
- · Lance Morrison, Professor Indigenous Perspectives, Fleming College; Graduate Student, York University
Registration: Zoom webinar link
Cost: free, members, non-members and all colleagues are welcome
Accreditation: not available for this event
Event Summary:
National Day for Truth & Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day, is a Canadian day of recognition of the legacy of the Canadian Indian residential school system. It has been designated a statutory holiday for some, but is an opportunity for learning for everyone.
As Canadians, we need to work together and move forward on our reconciliation journey; in the spirit of inclusion, we would like to extend this event to all our RIMS Canada chapters from coast to coast. Join us Friday, September 29 at 12pm EST for a shared panel discussion to help us understand the truth of our past to enable a better path to meaningful reconciliation going forward.
Our presenters from across the country will share a bit about our nation’s past, their truth and lived experiences as well as their perspectives that are academic, policy driven as well bias experienced from our industry. It is with this, we can work towards better and daily conversations on reconciliation, walking together.
Click the links below for full details and speaker/moderator bios.
NDTR_Event_Pages_-_EN.pdf
NDTR_Event_Pages_-_FR.pdf
This promises to be an amazing and thought provoking session, register today! Zoom webinar link