We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice

We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice -Directed by Alanis Obomsawin

Free & Open to the Public

Thursday, January 19th, 5:00 pm

Cinema du Parc

3575 Avenue du Parc, Montreal

Opening remarks by Alanis Obomsawin

Followed by screening & panel discussion

We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice documents the nine-year legal saga pitting the First Nation Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and the Assembly of First Nations against the Canadian government.  Arguing that Indigenous children on reservces and in Yukon received subpar services due to the goverment's discriminatory practices,the plaintiffs eventually won the trial in 2016.

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