This event was a powerful hour of conversation with The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould. The moderator posed the questions from the audience as well as questions she presented to the former Attorney General of Canada.
Ms. Wilson-Raybould, in a conversational style and in a story format, answered the questions. It was a way of sharing her views and interpretations of being Canadian. As an audience member, I found it to be an inspiring session for gaining new knowledge and a profound appreciation of different perspectives.
Book Synopsis:
From the #1 national bestselling author of 'Indian' in the Cabinet and True Reconciliation, a truly unique history of our land—powerful, devastating, remarkable—as told through the voices of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.
The totem pole forms the foundation for this unique and important oral history of Canada. Its goal is both toweringly ambitious and beautifully direct: To tell the story of this country in a way that prompts readers to look from different angles, to see its dimensions, curves, and cuts. To know that history has an arc, just as the totem pole rises, but to realize that it is also in the details that important meanings are to be found along the way. To recognize that the story of the past is always there to be retold and recast, and must be conveyed to generations to come. In the act of re-telling, meaning is found, and strength is built.
When it comes to telling the history of Canada, and in particular the history of the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, we need to accept that how our history has traditionally been told has not been a common or shared enterprise. In many ways, it has been an exclusive and siloed one. Among the countless peoples and groups that make up this vast country, the voices and experiences of a few have too often dominated those of many others.
Reconciling History shares voices that have seldom been heard, and in this ground-breaking book, they are telling and re-telling history from their perspectives. Born out of the oral history in True Reconciliation, and complemented throughout with stunning photography and art, Reconciling History takes this approach to telling our collective story to an entirely different level.
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