Joseph Boyden speaks on The Orenda at Lakehead University Part One
- 10 years ago
THUNDER BAY – As part of Lakehead University’s Research and Innovation Week, award-winning author Joseph Boyden will discuss what he learned about race relations before Canada’s Confederation; knowledge he gained while researching his 2013 bestselling novel The Orenda.
Boyden will give a free talk at 7:00PM EST on Wednesday, March 5 at Lakehead University in UC 1017.
His talk is called The Past and the Future are Present: Race Relations in Canada.
“The old cliché is that to know where you’re going you have to know where you came from,” Boyden said. “Many people believe everything started in Canada in 1867 with John A. Macdonald but there were forces at work before that.”
When the Europeans first arrived on Turtle Island, they brought with them their ways, their traditions and their customs.
Determined to ‘civilise’ those who already inhabited the land, the Europeans did not recognize nor appreciate that the Original Peoples of this land were already living a rich life with fully developed and sophisticated systems of governance, customs, traditions, and knowledge.
“Many Canadians don’t know our own history. In order to understand what First Nations issues are – and they are some of the most pressing environmental, social and political issues – we need to think about how we treat the fastest growing segment of our population, and this relates to The Orenda,” Boyden said.
- See more at: http://www.netnewsledger.com/2014/03/03/joseph-boyden-to-speak-at-lakehead-university/
Boyden will give a free talk at 7:00PM EST on Wednesday, March 5 at Lakehead University in UC 1017.
His talk is called The Past and the Future are Present: Race Relations in Canada.
“The old cliché is that to know where you’re going you have to know where you came from,” Boyden said. “Many people believe everything started in Canada in 1867 with John A. Macdonald but there were forces at work before that.”
When the Europeans first arrived on Turtle Island, they brought with them their ways, their traditions and their customs.
Determined to ‘civilise’ those who already inhabited the land, the Europeans did not recognize nor appreciate that the Original Peoples of this land were already living a rich life with fully developed and sophisticated systems of governance, customs, traditions, and knowledge.
“Many Canadians don’t know our own history. In order to understand what First Nations issues are – and they are some of the most pressing environmental, social and political issues – we need to think about how we treat the fastest growing segment of our population, and this relates to The Orenda,” Boyden said.
- See more at: http://www.netnewsledger.com/2014/03/03/joseph-boyden-to-speak-at-lakehead-university/