Learning for Life
The UM Learning for Life program aims to encourage all alumni and community friends to be lifelong learners. The program provides a unique opportunity to hear from leading UM researchers and subject matter experts on topics that align with the University’s key strategic priorities of health is a human right, climate change, advancing Indigenous success and reconciliation, and transforming the learning experience/experiential learning.
Learning for Life events and opportunities are hosted by various UM program partners, faculties, and units, and are a mix of in-person and virtual formats.
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Learning for Life
A Call to Action
June 15, 7 p.m. CDT
Marc Kruse led a talk on Truth and Reconciliation Call to Action #45 can help re-establish a nation to nation relationship between Indigenous peoples and the crown. Kruse explained how the treaty of Niagara led to the formation of Canada, ending with an argument why this history should be part of our civics education.
Marc Kruse, JD, is the Indigenous Legal Studies Coordinator at Robson Hall. He is also an associate with Rees Dyck Rogala Law Offices, where he practices criminal defense representing youth and adult clients. His research interests focus on the relationship between philosophical ethics, political philosophy, and law, with special focus on the ways educational institutions can ameliorate or exacerbate legal problems. He is a member of Muscowpetung First Nation in Saskatchewan.
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The Learning for Life Program is generously sponsored by UM affinity partner, iA Financial Group.
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