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What is Reconciliation? Film Screening/ Book Launch/ Dialogue, hosted by Shelagh Rogers

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Saturday, February 8th, 2014
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM

3pm A Sorry State (45min) - Documentary Screening+Discussion

New Gabriola resident and filmmaker Mitch Miyagawa has the most apologized-to family in the country-maybe the world. What do the apologies mean, if anything at all?
Filmmaker in attendance. Winner of the Canadian Screenwriting Award for Documentary.

4pm Speaking My Truth: Reflections on Reconciliation and Residential Schools - Book Launch

A collection of moving essays and stories on the lived and living experiences and legacies of Residential Schools and, more broadly, reconciliation in Canada. Book editors in conversation about the way forward. Free copies of book available.

Shelagh Rogers: CBC Journalist and "Reconciliation Champion"
Mike DeGagne: Executive Director, Aboriginal Healing Foundation, President Nipissing University
Glen Lowry: Professor, Emily Carr University, poet

Sponsored by the Aboriginal Healing Foundation

Cost: Donation
Category: Arts | Entertainment
    Film
    Talks | Lectures
Everything Else
    Community
    Ethnic | Multi-Cultural
Location: People for a Healthy Community
675 North Road, Gabriola Island
This event is for Everyone
More Info: Mitch Miyagawa
[email protected]

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