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 Canada
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 FIRST NATIONS
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 – OVIDE MERCREDI - 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