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"Creating a New Way Forward: Reflections on TRC’s Final Report and Recommendations". This event is taking place on Tuesday, June 2nd from 8:00am – 11:00am PST

Here is a link to the LIVE STREAMING BROADCAST

Vancouverites are invited to join Survivors, Aboriginal peoples and all Canadians as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada releases the Final Report Findings and Recommendations. 

The Vancouver Coordinating Committee for TRC Closing Events welcomes six panelists to the event, including TRC Honorary Witnesses and both Indigenous and non-Indigenous community leaders, to reflect on the closing of the TRC and the possibilities moving forward.  

Panelists include:
• TRC Honorary Witness Mayor Gregor Robertson, City of Vancouver
• Rev. Mary Fontaine, Hummingbird Ministries
• TRC Honorary Witness David Wong, Architect, Community Activist and Writer
• Doug White, Director, Centre for Pre-Confederation Treaties and Reconciliation,
Vancouver Island University
• Jody Wilson-Raybould, Regional Chief, B.C. Assembly of First Nations
• Tamara Vrooman, President and CEO, Vancity

Together we will recognize and celebrate our diverse histories and unique strengths in attempt to find a New Way Forward for Aboriginal peoples and all Canadians.

Details of the event and registration: https://vanpanel.eventbrite.ca