How Murray Sinclair changed Canada – CBC

Nov 11, 2024

Murray Sinclair — an Anishinaabe lawyer, judge, senator, and, most consequentially, the chair of the Truth and Reconciliation commission — died last week at the age of 73.

Sinclair helped bring to light the stories of thousands of Indigenous residential school survivors and advocated for justice for them. He’s been recognized by many as someone who fundamentally changed the country and what Canadians know about ourselves and our history.

Today we have a documentary featuring the voices of three people who knew Murray Sinclair well, about the personal lessons he taught them and how he transformed Canada.

We’ll hear from journalist and filmmaker Tanya Talaga; Phil Fontaine, the former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations; and Kim Murray, the Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with Indian Residential Schools.

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