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Truth and Reconciliation Week Lunch and Learn

September 25, 2023 @ 11:30 am - September 29, 2023 @ 1:00 pm MDT

Truth and Reconciliation Week Lunch and Learn

Join St. Andrews’s United Church, the Lacombe Museum, and Mary C. Moore Public Library in daily watch parties for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation’s Lunch and Learns.

Each day explore a topic related to reconciliation and further your own journey in becoming a good relationship. Drop-in for this lunch hour program and stay for discussion after the video session if you wish.

Complimentary tea will be served; guests encouraged/welcome to bring their own lunches.

11:30 -1:00
September 25, 26, 27, 28, and 29
Kinsmen Room, Lacombe Memorial Centre
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Day 1 – Sept. 25:
Indigenous peoples and the History of residential schools.

Speaker: Crystal Fraser , Tagaaq M. E-Palmer

Day 2 – Sept. 26:
Unconscious bias and debunking stereotypes.

Speaker: Cary Miller, Jesse Wente

Day 3 – Sept. 27:
Intergenerational impacts and ongoing systemic discrimination.

Speaker: Cynthia Wesley-Esquim, Christa Big Canoe

Day 4 – Sept. 28:
Indigenous Peoples’ rights and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Speaker: Brenda Gunn, Caleb Behn (TBC)

Day 5 – Sept. 29:
Taking action towards Reconciliation.

Speaker: Jimmy Durocher, Dale LeClair

Details

Start:
September 25, 2023 @ 11:30 am MDT
End:
September 29, 2023 @ 1:00 pm MDT
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Organizer

Lacombe Museum

Venue

Lacombe Memorial Centre
5214 50 Ave
Lacombe, Alberta T4L 0B6 Canada
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Details

Start:
September 25, 2023 @ 11:30 am MDT
End:
September 29, 2023 @ 1:00 pm MDT
Event Categories:
,

Organizer

Lacombe Museum

Venue

Lacombe Memorial Centre
5214 50 Ave
Lacombe, Alberta T4L 0B6 Canada
+ Google Map