Truth and Reconciliation

The University of Winnipeg acknowledges that we are gathered on ancestral lands, on Treaty One Territory. These lands are the heartland of the Red River Métis. We acknowledge that our water is sourced from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation. 

For further guidance on Land Acknowledgements please visit the UW Indigenous webpage.

Educational Resources:

Read

• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
• Aqueduct by Adele Perry
• All Our Relations: Tanya Talaga
• Beyond the Orange Shirt: Phyllis Webstad

All books are available for rent at the UW Library

• Orange Shirt Day: Phyllis (Jack) Webstad's Story
• Final Report: The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG)
• Calls for Justice: National Inquiry into MMIWG
• National Action Plan: MMIWG and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People
• 94 Calls to Action: National Truth and Reconciliation's (TRC)
• Helen Betty Osborne Remembered: UW News
• The Aboriginal Justice Inquiry: Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission
• The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
• Sacred Responsibility: Searching for the Missing Children and Unmarked Burials
• Manitoba Missing Patient Guide: MB Indigenous Tuberculosis History Project

Watch

• Freedom Road Series: NFB
• Birth of a Family: NFB

Listen

• Aakoziiwigamig: An Ojibwe Radio Drama
• Truth Before Reconciliation: Tammy Wolfe on CKUW
• Anishinaabemowin Plant Translations: Langside Learning Garden

Participate

• June 21 - National Indigenous Peoples Day
• September 30 - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
• October 4: National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ Persons
  • Attend an event to show your support
• Indigenization: UW
• Indigenous Insights Training: UW
• National Centre for for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR)