University of Regina won't cancel lecture by poet who worked with convicted killer
Richard Kleer, who is dean of the university's faculty of arts, says George Elliott Clarke was invited to deliver the Woodrow Lloyd Lecture later this month.
Kummerfield was convicted of manslaughter in the 1995 death of Pamela George -- a case that underscored racism Indigenous people face in Saskatchewan.
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