Expert Alert: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Sept. 23, 2024
For Immediate Release

Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation takes place Sept. 30. On this day, Canadians honour the lost children and survivors of residential schools and reflect on the tragic history and ongoing impacts of the residential school system.  

Wilfrid Laurier University experts are available to discuss  topics related to National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, including Indigenous rights, colonialism, and missing and murdered women and 2SLGBTQ+ people. 

The following list includes experts who are available to speak at this time but does not represent the full breadth of expertise that exists at Laurier. For a more comprehensive inventory of Laurier’s faculty researchers, please consult the Experts at Laurier database.

Darren Thomas – Indigenous land, resource management, rights, and laws

Percy Lezard – community Indigenous health; gender-based violence, particularly with MMIWG2S; Indigenous knowledges; Two Spirit, Indigiqueer, Trans identities

Lianne Leddy – gender and Indigenous peoples; Indigenous feminism; Indigenous history in Canada; Indigenous peoples and the environment

Ciann Wilson – Indigenous community health; social determinants of health; anticolonial and decolonial theory

Melody Morton Ninomiya – Indigenous determinants of health; research in Indigenous contexts; community and public health

Alex Latta – Indigenous rights, natural resources and conservation; Indigenous environmental stewardship in Canada’s North

Gus Hill – Indigenous community capacity building; Indigenous community-based research; Indigenous holism, health and wellness