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DESCRIPTION:Art by Sultana Bambino (@sultana.bambino)\n\nThe Office of Indi
 genous Initiatives and Equity team in the Office of the Provost and Vice-P
 rincipal (Academic) are pleased to invite you to the 2023 National Day for
  Truth and Reconciliation Keynote Address and Reception. Register now.\n\n
 As part of the 2023 Indigenous Awareness Weeks program\, the keynote will 
 be delivered by Dr. Beverley Jacobs\, Senior Advisor to the President on I
 ndigenous Relations and Outreach and an Associate Professor in the Faculty
  of Law at the University of Windsor.\n\nThe event will take place on Frid
 ay\, September 29\, 2023\, from 12:00-2:00 pm at the Elizabeth Wirth Music
  Building (527 Sherbrooke Street West). The keynote address will take plac
 e in the Tanna Schulich Hall\, located on the main floor of the Elizabeth 
 Wirth Music Building. The reception will follow on the eighth floor.\n\nDr
 . Beverley Jacobs has held Associate Dean (Academic) and Acting Dean appoi
 ntments in the Faculty of Law at the University of Windsor. She practices 
 law part-time at her home community of Six Nations of the Grand River Terr
 itory. Her research focuses on Indigenous Legal Orders\, Indigenous Wholis
 tic Health\, Indigenous Research Methodologies\, and Decolonization of Eur
 ocentric Law. Dr. Jacobs has obtained a Bachelor of Law Degree from the Un
 iversity of Windsor in 1994\, a Master of Law Degree from the University o
 f Saskatchewan in 2000 and a PhD from the University of Calgary in 2018. S
 he is also a consultant/researcher/writer/public speaker. Her work centres
  around ending gendered colonial violence against Indigenous people and re
 storing Indigenous laws\, beliefs\, values\, and traditions. A prolific sc
 holar\, her published work has earned her numerous awards\; her research c
 ombined with her advocacy has translated into national and international r
 ecognition. Dr. Jacobs is also a former President of the Native Women’s As
 sociation of Canada (elected 2004 to 2009). To learn more about Dr. Jacobs
 \, please visit the University of Windsor website.\n\nThe National Day for
  Truth and Reconciliation serves to honour the survivors of residential sc
 hools and acknowledge the ongoing impact of colonization on First Nations\
 , Inuit\, and Métis communities. At McGill\, this day has been recognized 
 with official communications and educational and commemorative activities 
 since its establishment in 2021.\n\nOur hope is that this gathering will h
 elp to educate the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøcommunity and the community at large about histo
 rical and contemporary injustices faced by Indigenous peoples in Canada. T
 he event aims to foster critical reflection\, empathy\, understanding\, an
 d a collective commitment to the ongoing work of truth telling and reconci
 liation.\n\nTo find out more about the 2023 Indigenous Awareness Weeks\, w
 hich this event is part of\, please visit the IAW webpage.\n
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LOCATION:CA\, Elizabeth Wirth Music Building\, Tanna Schulich Hall\, 527 Ru
 e Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Keynote Address and Rece
 ption with Dr. Beverley Jacobs
URL:/indigenous/channels/event/national-day-truth-and-
 reconciliation-keynote-address-and-reception-dr-beverley-jacobs-350267
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