[Indigsol] Reminder: this Wednesday!

[Indigenous Peoples' Solidarity Movement -Ottawa]

Hi everyone,

This is just a reminder of the event this Wednesday. Truth is the first
step towards reconciliation between the indigenous and non-indigenous
peoples on Turtle Island and in Canada. Please help us spread the word and
encourage your friends and family members to come along!

If you are not familiar with Ottawa U campus, check the map here -
http://www.uottawa.ca/maps/.

In addition to the speakers shown below, we will also have the honour to
have a special guest - Grand Chief Randall Phillips of AIAI with us during
the evening lecture, he will say a few words about the importance of
culturally based equity for children.

Here is the detail:

A Public Lecture by Cindy Blackstock, the Executive Director of First
Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and Exhibition of the
Caring Across Boundaries Photography Exhibit:

Is This Our Canada?
How racial discrimination in children’s services undermines the potential
of this generation of First Nations children and what you can do to help

with an opening ceremony by Claudette Commanda, an Algonquin Elder and
introduction by Georges Sioui, the coordinator of Aboriginal Study of
University of Ottawa in the beginning of the lecture

Lecture will begin at 7 pm on Wednesday, Sept 22, 2010
@ Alumni Theatre, Jock Turcot University Centre, University of Ottawa

Caring Across Boundaries Photography Exhibit Photography by Liam Sharp
will be open all day, from 11 am to 9 pm on Wednesday, Sept 22, 2010 @
Agora, Ground Floor of Jock Turcot University Centre, University of Ottawa


** Admission is free, everyone is welcome.  Donation is appreciated.


For more info, please visit http://ipsmo.org/.


Hope to see you there!


In Solidarity,
Indigenous Peoples' Solidarity Movement Ottawa
on unceded Algonquin Territory
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