THE MEETING PLACE Truth and Reconciliation: Toronto 2012 CONFERENCE AGENDA (In Progress)

Day 1 Sheraton Centre Hotel, 123 Queen Street West

Day 2 Sheraton Centre Hotel, 123 Queen Street West

Day 3 Sheraton Centre Hotel, 123 Queen Street West

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Registration 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Dominion Ballroom

Meet and Greet 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Dominion Ballroom

700 pm – 9:00 pm Opening Ceremonies

ELDERS Grand Entry to include Survivors and Elders

Pauline Shirt Opening/Welcoming Remarks Edna Manitowabi Chief William Montour, Six Nations of Grand River (Confirmed) Lee Maracle Chief Bryan LaForme, Mississaugas of New Credit (Confirmed) Alex Jacobs Grafton Antone Honorary Witness Ceremony Lois Wilson Reta Gordon Master of Ceremonies Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux Sally Webster Keynote Speakers

Murray Sinclair, Commissioner (Confirmed) Truth and Reconciliation Commission of

Angus Toulouse, AFN Vice-Chief, Ontario Region (Confirmed)

Mardi Tindal, Moderator (Confirmed) United Church of Canada

Lt. Governor David Onley (Confirmed)

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty (Awaiting Confirmation)

PERFORMANCES

Council Drum and Dancers Eagle Woman Singerz Inuit Throat Singers Metis Fiddler Canadian Roots Youth

9:00 pm CLOSING BY ELDERS

Friday, June 1, 2012

6:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. SUNRISE CEREMONY

Registration 8:00 am – 9:00 am Continental Breakfast – Dominion Ballroom

9:00 am – 10:30 am MIKE MYERS The Doctrine of Discovery The Process of Dehumanization and Sub-Humanization RICK HILL History of Theory and Practice of Colonization and Assimilation The Role of Government, Church and the Education System

10:30 am – 10:40 am BREAK

PUBLIC STATEMENT GATHERING - REMAIN IN DOMINION BALLROOM 10:40 am – 12 pm ON-GOING THROUGHOUT THE DAY

12 pm – 1:00 pm LUNCH BREAK – SPEAKER – NATIONAL CHIEF SHAWN ATLEO – ASSEMBLY OF

WORKSHOP 1 WORKSHOP 2 WORKSHOP 3 WORKSHOP 4 WORKSHOP 5 WORKSHOP 6 Wentworth Kenora Huron Kent Simcoe Dufferin

Meeting in the Anishnaabe Educating New Decolonizing Middle – Reconciliation Mental Effects Education in the Immigrants Within Indigenous on the Ground - of Residential 7th Fire about 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Victoria Knowledge – TRC and Land School Rebecca Indigenous Freeman Building Rights Peter Menzies Beaulne- Peoples and IRS Lee Maracle Relationships Peter Haresnape Stuebing Harsh Zaran Crystal Melin

2:30 pm – 2:45 pm BREAK WORKSHOP 7 WORKSHOP 8 WORKSHOP 9 WORKSHOP 10 WORKSHOP 11 WORKSHOP 12

Wentworth Kenora Huron Kent Simcoe Duffering Three Pillars to Invoking Our Human Rights Moving to The Churches Power: Building Navigating Our for Aboriginal Missing and Spaces of and the Future Relationships Way Through People in Murdered 2:45 pm – 4:30 pm Ethical of Aboriginal Across Trauma Ontario Women Engagement Relations Racialized Renee Linklater OHRC Darlene Ritchie Chris HIller Church Reps Communities Commissioners Zainab Amadahy Plenary 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm Closing Comments and Closing Ceremony B A N Q U E T 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm GUEST SPEAKER – - FORMER NATIONAL CHIEF DAILY PROGRAMMING Public Statement Gathering Private Statement Sharing Circles 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Churches Listening Area – Elgin Room Displays Vendors Saturday, June 2, 2012

6:00 am – 8:00 am SUNRISE CEREMONY

Registration 8:00 am – 9:00 am Continental Breakfast – Dominion Ballroom

9:00 am – 10:30 am PANEL THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION Suzanne Stewart, OISE; Susan Dion, York University; Jock Hill, Six Nations Haudenosaunee Resource Centre Minister Kathleen Wynne, Aboriginal Affairs (To be Confirmed) Or Minister Laurel Broten, Education (To be confirmed)

10:30 – 10:40 am BREAK

PUBLIC STATEMENT GATHERING - REMAIN IN DOMINION BALLROOM 10:40 am – 12 pm ON-GOING THROUGHOUT THE DAY

12 pm – 1:00 pm LUNCH BREAK – SPEAKER – TO BE DETERMINED

WORKSHOP 13 WORKSHOP 14 WORKSHOP 15 WORKSHOP 16 WORKSHOP 17 WORKSHOP 18 Wentworth Kenora Huron Kent Simcoe Dufferin Making Things Right Youth Reconciliation Churches and 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Reconciliation Racialized Through Reclaiming Our Film Screenings Aboriginal Activism People on Indigenous Identity Wanda Relations from Jeff Denis, Amy Colonized Land Medicine and Diane Simone Nanibush a First Nation Bombay, Ashley Healing Joan McDougall ANDPVA Perspective Hayden King, McFarlane Leroy Hill Joseph Gilbert Aaron Mills, Ben Powless, Vanessa Watts 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm BREAK

Plenary Discussions 2:45 pm – 4:45 pm Expressions of Reconciliation “After the TRC – Next Steps in Reconciliation”

Closing Comments and Closing Ceremony 4:45 pm- 5:00 pm COMMITMENT FOR CHANGE Wrap Up

CLOSING ELDERS PAULINE SHIRT, EDNA MANITOWABI, LEE MARACLE, ALEX JACOBS , GRAFTON ANTONE, LOIS WILSON, RETA GORDON, SALLY WEBSTER DAILY PROGRAMMING Public Statement Gathering Private Statement Sharing Circles 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Churches Listening Area – Elgin Room Displays Vendors

WORKSHOP LIST Friday, June 1, 2012 1 – 2:30 pm

1 Decolonizing Within – Victoria Freeman and Lee Maracle

2 Mental Effects of Residential School – Peter Menzies

3 Meeting in the Middle – Indigenous Knowledge – Building Relationships – Crystal Melin

4 Reconciliation on the Ground - TRC and Land Rights – Peter Haresnape

5 Anishnaabe Education in the 7th Fire – Rebecca Beaulne-Stuebing

6 Educating New Immigrants About Indigenous Peoples and IRS – Harsh Zaran

Friday, June 1, 2012 2:45 - 4:30 pm

Three Pillars to Invoking Our Power: Building Relationships Across Racialized Communities – 7 Zainab Amadahy

8 Moving to Spaces of Ethical Engagement – Chris Hiller

9 Navigating Our Way through Trauma – Renee Linklater

10 Human Rights for Aboriginal People in Ontario – Ontario Human Rights Commission

11 The Churches and the Future of Aboriginal Relations – Church Representatives

12 Missing and Murdered Women – Darlene Ritchie

Saturday, June 2, 2012 1 – 2:30 pm

13 Reconciliation Through Indigenous Medicine and Healing – Leroy Hill

14 Reclaiming Our Identity – Diane Simone and Joan McDougall

15 Film Screenings – Wanda Nanibush

Making Things Right – Youth Reconciliation Activism – Jeff Denis, Amy Bombay, Hayden King, Aaron Mills, 16 Ben Powless, Vanessa Watts

17 Racialized People on Colonized Land – Ashley McFarlane (Note Title May Change)

18 Churches and Aboriginal Relations from a First Nation Perspective – Chief Joseph Gilbert