BOOK STUDY: Listening to Indigenous Voices (10 months)

Saturdays, 10:30 am – 12 noon

Sept 9; Oct 14; Nov 18; Dec. 9; Jan 13; Feb 10; Mar 9; Apr 13; May 11; June 8

As the Truth and Reconciliation Commission reminds us, “reconciliation is not about ‘closing a sad chapter of Canada’s past,’ but about opening new healing pathways of reconciliation that are forged in truth and justice.” This process entails “awareness of the past, acknowledgement of the harm that has been inflicted, atonement for the causes, and action to change behaviour.”

To engage is this process, we need to listen deeply to what Indigenous Peoples are saying, open ourselves to be transformed by their words, and act based on what they are telling us, so that we can begin to address injustices, heal relationships, and bring about a post- colonial Canada.

This book may be purchased from Novalis https://en.novalis.ca/products/listening-to-indigenous-voices?_pos=1&_psq=Listening+to+Indig&_ss=e&_v=1.0

Please read the first 2 chapters for the first session.

Cost: $145.00. Facilitator: Pat Boehm.