BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.177.157//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240519T044324EDT-97191zipFI@132.216.177.157 DTSTAMP:20240519T084324Z DESCRIPTION:Have a Heart Day McGill is a reconciliation event in collaborat ion with the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society that brings toget her caring Canadians to help ensure Indigenous children have the services they need to grow up safely at home\, get a good education\, be healthy\, and be proud of who they are.\n \n On February 1st\, 2018 the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal issued a fourth compliance order finding Canada’s approac h to First Nations child welfare to be unlawful and discriminatory. Have a Heart Day is a chance for everyone to get together\, learn more about the injustices in our society\, and get involved in the process of reconcilia tion. This event seeks to build on the momentum of the Human Rights Tribun al latest ruling in favour of First Nations kids.\n \n At the core of the ev ent will be a Valentine card writing campaign\, where everyone is encourag ed to send a message to Parliament in support of safe schools\, clean wate r\, and good healthcare for Indigenous children. Paper and pens will be pr ovided for anyone who needs them and postage to Parliament is free!\n \n The events at McGill will consist of presentations and a panel discussion wit h a number of prominent figures who have devoted themselves to promoting r econciliation and raising awareness about issues facing Indigenous people. We are honoured to have Dr. Cindy Blackstock\, Alanis Obomsawin\, Samir S haheen-Hussain\, and Stephen Agluvak Puskas.\n \n Seating is first come firs t serve\, and entry is free. There will be catering at the event for anyon e who is rushing from class or work and is worried about not having time t o eat!\n \n Presenters:\n \n Dr. Cindy Blackstock:\n Dr. Blackstock is the Exec utive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Can ada and began teaching at McGill’s School of Social Work in January 2018. A member of the Gitksan First Nation\, Cindy has 25 years of social work e xperience in child protection and Indigenous children’s rights. Her promot ion of culturally based equity for First Nations children and families and engaging children in reconciliation has been recognized be the Nobel’s Wo men’s Initiative\, the Aboriginal Achievement Foundation\, Frontline Defen ders and many others. An author of over 50 publications and a widely sough t after public speaker\, Cindy recently completed a Master of Jurisprudenc e degree and currently serves as a Commissioner for the Pan American Healt h Organization Commission on Health Equity and Inequity.\n \n Samir Shaheen- Hussain:\n Samir Shaheen-Hussain got involved in social-justice movements i n 2001. He obtained his medical degree at McGill University in 2003\, wher e he later went on to complete his pediatric residency training. He has be en the pediatric consultant for Médecins du Monde's Projet Migrant initiat ive since 2011 and is currently a board member of Médecins québecois pour le régime public. Over the years\, he has been part of Indigenous solidari ty\, migrant justice and anti-police violence organizing and has contribut ed texts to various publications\, including Le Devoir\, Briarpatch Magazi ne and Nouveaux cahiers du Socialisme. He currently works full-time in a p ediatric emergency department. Most recently\, he has been involved in spe arheading #aHand2Hold efforts to reverse provincial policy that prevents c aregivers from accompanying their children during medical evacuation by ai r-transport\, a practice that disproportionately impacts Inuit children fr om Nunavik.\n \n Alanis Obomsawin:\n Alanis Obomsawin\, a member of the Abena ki Nation\, is one of Canada’s foremost documentary filmmakers. The many f ilms that she has directed with the National Film Board of Canada explore the lives and concerns of Canada’s First Nations. Her 50th and most recent film\, Our People Will Be Healed\, reveals how a Cree community in Manito ba has been enriched by an adequately funded school that nurtures Indigeno us culture.\n \n Obomsawin originally launched her career in 1960 as a profe ssional singer in New York City. In 1967\, NFB producers Joe Koenig and Bo b Verrall invited her to act as a consultant for a film on Indigenous peop le. Obomsawin quickly fell in love with the camera and never looked back. \n \n As an activist filmmaker\, Obomsawin has always been driven by a desir e to give Canada’s first peoples a voice. This can be seen in all her film s\, from Christmas at Moose Factory (1971)\, which depicts life in a Cree village in James Bay through children’s drawings\, to We Can’t Make the Sa me Mistake Twice (2016)\, which describes the legal battle that First Nati ons waged from 2007 to 2016 so that their children would receive the same care as other Canadian children. Throughout her career\, Obomsawin has con sistently focused her lens on the importance of roots and intergenerationa l bonds in preserving First Nations culture.\n \n Obomsawin is no stranger t o documenting emerging conflicts\, as evidenced by her four films on the O ka Crisis of 1990: Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)\, winner of 18 international awards\; My Name Is Kahentiiosta (1995)\; Spudwrench: Ka hnawake Man (1997)\; and Rocks at Whiskey Trench(2000).\n \n Her other docum entary films include Incident at Restigouche(1984)\, a gripping account of the provincial police raids on a Quebec Mi’gmaq reserve\; the moving Rich ard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child (1986)\, about a teenager who commits suicide\; and No Address (1988)\, which looks at homelessness in Montreal. Obomsawin’s more recent films include The People of the Katta wapiskak River (2012)\, which exposes the housing crisis facing the Cree o f James Bay and was named Best Social/Political Documentary at the Canadia n Screen Awards (2014)\, and Hi-Ho Mistahey!\, which premiered at the Toro nto International Film Festival Film (TIFF) in 2013 and was nominated for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards.\n \n Esp ecially close to Obomsawin’s heart are the Odanak people and their stories \, as witnessed by her short film Sigwan (2005) and her follow-up\, the mu lti-award-winning Waban-aki: People from Where the Sun Rises (2006). In Ou r Nationhood (2003)\, Obomsawin captures the determination of the Listuguj Mi’gmaq people to manage the natural resources of their traditional lands . With Is the Crown at War with Us? (2002)\, the accomplished filmmaker ta kes a close look at the conflict between the Mi’gmaq and their Acadian nei ghbours over fishing rights in Burnt Church\, New Brunswick.\n Obomsawin wa s inducted into the Playback Canadian Film & Television Hall of Fame in 20 10 and honoured during the inaugural Birks Diamond Tribute to the Year’s W omen in Film at TIFF in 2013. In 2014\, Obomsawin also received the Humani tarian Award for Exceptional Contributions to Community and Public Service from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.\n \n Stephen Agluvak Pusk as:\n Stephen is an Inuit visual artist and radio host living in Montreal. He is a Indigenous community representative for both the Montreal police a nd Dawson College. He helped start Montreal’s first Inuktitut radio show a nd has extensive experience speaking at schools in order to raise cultural awareness within the greater Montreal community.\n \n #HaveaHeartDay #FNwit ness #Waiting4UCanada #AHand2Hold\n \n Caring Society Statement on Latest Hu man Rights Tribunal Ruling: https://fncaringsociety.com/sites/default/file s/Caring%20Society%20Press%20Release%202018%20CHRT%204.pdf\n \n Quebec polic y for children during medical evacuation: http://montrealgazette.com/news/ quebec/indigenous-children-airlifted-to-montreal-er-without-family-members \n \n Proudly supported by:\n First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada\n McGill University Faculty of Law\n the International Relations Stud ent Association at McGil\n DTSTART:20180214T223000Z DTEND:20180215T010000Z LOCATION:Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 3644 rue Peel SUMMARY:Have a Heart Day McGill URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/socialwork/channels/event/have-heart-day-mcgill-2 84592 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR