Dr. Gillian Siddall, Lakehead's president and vice-chancellor, said the work of truth and reconciliation goes on every day at the university and all over the country.
THUNDER BAY – Lakehead University raised the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Survivors’ Flag during a ceremony that honoured the children lost to the residential school system, survivors and their families, on Friday.Denise Baxter, Lakehead University's vice-provost, Indigenous initiatives, said staff want to create spaces for people to have a dialogue to learn from each other and to build things together.
“Understanding from young children right through to Elders and older adults that, while we have lived through these times, it doesn't mean that we have to continue to live with them,” she said. “I didn't have any image of what's happened or what's been going on, especially in Thunder Bay, because we have a really rich Indigenous community over here compared to other cities.
“Coming to Canada and knowing what the truth is and helping all the community and empower with them, it will help them eventually because we all live in a society, we're part of the society. And if one part of the society is not feeling well or not performing well, then it affects all of us in the grand scheme of things.
“It's important to take these moments to come together, to gather and reflect together on what that work means and how far we've come in that work and how far we still have to go. Siddall said built into every undergraduate program at Lakehead, students must take at least one course of Indigenous content.
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