Everyone is welcome to attend a free public forum on Monday, April 27 from 4:00 to 6:00 pm, in Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, 3RD Floor, Centennial Hall, UWinnipeg campus.
An important community discussion was sparked when a January cover article in the national magazine Maclean’s cited Winnipeg as the most racist city in Canada. Come join the conversation.
PANELISTS:
Nancy Macdonald, Maclean’s editor and author of the January article
Wab Kinew, Associate Vice-President, UWinnipeg; Chair, Mayor’s Indigenous Advisory Circle
Leah Gazan, instructor, Faculty of Education, UWinnipeg; member of Wood Mountain Lakota Nation; President of the Social Planning Council of Winnipeg
Dr. Mary Jane Logan McCallum, associate professor, History, UWinnipeg; of Lunaape heritage and a member of the Munsee Delaware Nation; author of numerous publications
Rorie McLeod Arnould – President of the University of Winnipeg Students’ Association
MODERATOR:
Kevin Lamoureux, instructor, Faculty of Education’s ACCESS program; author of Inclusion in Partnership with the Winnipeg School Division and École River Heights School – a guide for teachers on how to include Aboriginal perspectives in their classrooms.
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MEDIA CONTACT
Diane Poulin, Senior Communications Specialist, The University of Winnipeg
P: 204.988.7135, E: d.poulin@uwinnipeg.ca
