The goal of this proposed Faculty Development Initiative application is to share knowledge of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s (TRC) “Calls to Action” and to provide a forum for discussion of implications of the recommendations for teacher education programs and post-secondary teaching in Manitoba.

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Objectives:

• Understand the Calls to Action as explained by the TRC Commissioner in the context of teacher education;
• Engage experts and Indigenous academics who specialize in teacher education and education stakeholders to discuss the Commissioner’s perspectives, implications for teacher education programs;
• Share the knowledge generated by the events with collaborators and stakeholders across campus and from across Manitoba and Canada to provoke similar conversations; and
• Provide a forum in which to establish partnerships for potential research and knowledge mobilization

Grand entry at the Opening Ceremonies of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation at the University of Manitoba.
Photo credit: Adam Dolman

Symposia Schedule

“An Evening with Justice Murray Sinclair”

6:30 pm Reception
7:00 pm Program
Education Building, 71 Curry Place, University of Manitoba

Commissioner Sinclair will help us to begin the conversation on how teacher education may best respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action.

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Symposium #1: Understanding the Calls to Action

8:30am Registration
9:00am - 12:00pm Presentation
Education Building, 71 Curry Place, University of Manitoba

A panel conversation with Justice Sinclair and Ry Moran (Director, National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation). Roundtable discussions and evaluating our positions will follow.

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Symposium #2 – TRC Calls to Action: Views from Elsewhere and Where Do We Go From Here?

8:30am Registration
9:00am - 3:00pm Panel and Working Session
Education Building, 71 Curry Place, University of Manitoba

A panel conversation with respected Indigenous Education researchers and teachers Dr. Jan Hare (UBC), Dr. Dwayne Donald (Alberta) and Dr. Marie Battiste (Saskatchewan) where we build on our previous discussions and set in place our plans of action. A full day session with lunch provided.

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An Evening with Justice Murray Sinclair

Tuesday 22 March, 2016
6:30 pm Reception
7:00 pm Program
Room 224 Education Building, 71 Curry Place, University of Manitoba

Join us as Commissioner Murray Sinclair helps to begin the conversation on how teacher education may best respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to Action. Justice Sinclair will draw upon the knowledge he has gained from his experience as Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Commissioner Sinclair will respond to the following questions as he helps to guide our conversation:

• “In what ways do the findings of the TRC and the Calls to Action inform teacher education in Canada?”


• “What action needs to be taken by initial teacher education programs immediately?“


• “What needs to inform these programs’ plans for the long term?”

Justice Murray Sinclair

The Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair was appointed Associate Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Manitoba in March of 1988 and to the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba in January 2001. He was Manitoba's first Aboriginal Judge. Justice Sinclair was appointed as Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and has been instrumental from the very beginnings of the inquiry to the Calls to Action that have been brought forward. Commissioner Sinclair will help to frame the Calls to Action into an educational context. His leadership role in the development of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission will provide a valuable background for these important conversations.

(l-r) TRC Commissioners Justice Murray Sinclair, Chief Wilton Littlechild and Marie Wilson at the TRC Closing Ceremonies in Ottawa on June 3, 2015.
Photo credit: Fred Cattroll