Guest Speaker: Maurice Switzer
Date
Monday October 28, 20241:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Location
Outdoor Indigenous Gathering SpacePlease join us in welcoming back Maurice Switzer, on Monday, October 28, at 1:30 pm for a talk on treaty rights and women's rights.
The talk will take place in the Outdoor Indigenous Gathering Space.
Maurice Switzer, Bnesi, is a citizen of the Mississaugas of Alderville First Nation where his grandfather Moses Muskrat Marsden was Chief from 1905-07. Maurice served as communications director for the Assembly of First Nations and the Union of Ontario Indians, and in 2010 was honoured with an Anishinabek Nation Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions in public education and communications. The following year he authored "We are all Treaty People", a graphic novel of which over 15,000 copies have been distributed, primarily to schools across Ontario.
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