Rose Lemay is perhaps the most prolific trainer of Indigenous Cultural Competency, having educated over 20,000 employees of the Government of Canada over 20 years.

In April she published her collected insights on allyship, and her book Ally is a Verb quickly became a national bestseller.

Join us in Ottawa on June 13 to meet Rose and discuss her book. Copies available for free for all members of the Circle for Democratic Solidarity

Join the Remembering Project and Toronto Fire Council for Indigenous Teachings at the Spirit Garden, Ontario’s monument to residential schools located at Nathan Philips Square

Picture courtesy of humanrights.ca

Come help us test a new method for citizens discussing controversial topics, and learn about the legacy of residential schools in the process.

Date is T.B.D.

This is the book that inspired a generation of non-Indigenous people to embrace Indigenous ways of being and to begin the long process of learning from 1000s of years of accumulated wisdom in this land we share.

Kayona Karunakumar will lead our discussion in person at Room 302N, 1 Devonshire Place, on the campus of the University of Toronto. Zoom available by registering for the event

U.S. voters have embraced an openly authoritarian ruler and given his party control of all branches of the federal government. How will this impact Canada’s political system - and what can we do to renew our own democracy?

Welcome to new volunteers for the Remembering Project! We’ll be hosting an introductory call November 6 on Zoom.

1) Readout of the Final Report on Unmarked Graves presented to the Government of Canada October 29

2) Description of our relationship with three groups of survivors from three former residential schools, and the help they are asking of us

3) Explanation of the Mutual Commitment Remembering Project and volunteers make to one another

4) Selection of tasks for each volunteer and next steps

Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89247510826

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - visit to the site of the former Spanish Residential Schools to meet with survivors

Join us on August 19th for reflections on our work in the Remembering Project.  We will provide updates on the new opportunities that Spanish school survivors offer us to help them. We will discuss the upcoming Final Report on Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and our plans to host a conference.

We will also have an enlightening session with Sara Wolfe, founder of the Toronto Birth Centre and longtime medical practitioner who has adapted Anishinaabe knowledge and practices to enhance maternal care for all Canadians.  We are hosting the Circle meeting in the Toronto Birth Centre itself to see how marrying Indigenous traditions and Western practices creates new value for everyone’s health.

Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81447669901

Join us online or at 1 Devonshire Place in Room 310N for our meeting to discuss “Valley of the Birdtail!”

Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84620994010