Reconciliation in Action - Elder Wilson and Charlene Bearhead

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Wilson Bearhead and Charlene Bearhead share their experiences, insight and hopes for the future related to truth seeking, reconciliation and our individual agency to create positive, collective change in this country. This online event was hosted by Banyen Books & Sound, July 2020.

Wilson Bearhead, a Nakota Elder and Wabamun Lake First Nation community member in central Alberta (Treaty 6 territory), is the recent recipient of the Canadian Teachers’ Federation Indigenous Elder Award. Currently, he is the Elder for Elk Island Public Schools. Wilson’s grandmother Annie was a powerful, positive influence in his young life, teaching him all of the lessons that gave him the strength, knowledge, and skills to overcome difficult times and embrace the gifts of life.

Charlene Bearhead is an educator and Indigenous education advocate. She was the first Education Lead for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and the Education Coordinator for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Charlene was recently honoured with the Alumni Award from the University of Alberta and currently serves as the Director of Reconciliation for Canadian Geographic. She is a mother and a grandmother who began writing stories to teach her own children as she raised them.

Charlene was advisor to the Canadian Geographic Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada, which is available from Banyen Books. Wilson and Charlene Bearhead are co-authors of the See-ha Too-Skin Knows children's book series, available from https://www.portageandmainpress.com/

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