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The University of ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV

Justice (Calls 25-42)

The University of ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV acknowledges that we are gathered on ancestral lands, on Treaty One Territory. Our water is sourced from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation. These lands are the heartland of the Métis people.

We are committed to implementing the the recommendations of the 


Programs and initiatives

Some of the programs and initiatives that members of The University of ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV community have undertaken related to Calls to Action 25-42: Justice are:

Walls to Bridges connects incarcerated and campus-enrolled students to study together inside the prison walls, earning credit toward their degrees, and sharing and life experiences

National Report on MMIWG Conference. In June 2022, Dr. Jane Barter and Dr. Jacqueline Romanow invite scholars, activists, educators, community and family members of MMIWG2S, direct student service providers and students to gather together for a  and think about ways in which the Calls for Justice might be effectively addressed within the university context. (

231 Calls to Justice. In Fall 2020 Sandra Delaronde taught an MDP special topics course that provided students with an opportunity to develop an Indigenous and community-based responses to the implementation of 231 Calls to Action. The course is continuing to be developed for future offerings. (

Inquiring Minds presentation. On February 9, 2015, The University of ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Indigenous Advisory Circle presented , honouring the families of our stolen sisters and the survivors of violence. () 

Student research. MAIG student Jennifer Meixner's masters thesis  presents local Indigenous voices on topics related to challenges and barriers in the Canadian justice system and ways to overcome them. (

Understanding intergenerational impact:  is phase one of a three phase initiative, to assist in the collective Canadian healing process on the path to reconciliation. The project is being led by Dr. Lorena Fontaine, Indigenous Studies and Kent Davies, Oral History Centre. (

We Care Quilt. In March 2015, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV hosted a roundtable discussion to address the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people. The  was made in recognition of the #WeCare Campaign, a campaign that takes a united and firm stance to ensure that the safety of Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people is realized in Canada. () 


Publications

Borrows, J., Chartrand, L., Fitzgerald, O. E., & Schwartz, R. (Eds.). (2019). Braiding legal orders: implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. CIGI. () 

Fontaine, L. (2011). Reflections on the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement: From Court Cases to Truth and Reconciliation. In Kristin Burnett and Geoff Read (Eds.) Aboriginal History: A Reader, Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 239-248 (first author). () 

Fontaine, L. (2015). Reflection post-Residential School Settlement Agreement: Expressions of Reconciliation: Looking Back Forward Looking In Kristin Burnett and Geoff Read (Eds.) Aboriginal History: A Reader, Second Edition, Don Mills: Oxford University Press. 263-274. (first author). () 

Fontaine, L. et al. (2014). Authentic Conversations Among, Daughter of Residential School Survivors. In Sheilagh Rogers et al (Eds.) Reconciliation & The Way Forward. Ottawa: Aboriginal Healing Foundation. 179-208. () 

Fontaine, L. et al. (2014). Nimamasak: The Legacy of First nations Women Honouring Mothers and Motherhood. In Dawn Memee Lavell-Harvard and Kim Anderson (Eds.) Mothers of the Nations: Indigenous Mothering as Global Resistance, Reclaiming and Recovery, Toronto: Demeter Press.251-266. () 

McCallum, M. Foreword to anniversary edition of John Milloy's , A National Crime: The Indian Residential School System and the Canadian State UM Press. () 

Share how you're responding to the TRC's Calls to Action

If you have taken part in an initiative that contributes to The University of ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV's commitment to Truth and Reconciliation, please email communications@uwinnipeg.ca