BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260612T023616EDT-2090u7HUML@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260612T063616Z 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 On February 1st\, 2018 the Canadian Human R ights Tribunal issued a fourth compliance order finding Canada’s approach to First Nations child welfare to be unlawful and discriminatory. Have a H eart Day is a chance for everyone to get together\, learn more about the i njustices in our society\, and get involved in the process of reconciliati on. This event seeks to build on the momentum of the Human Rights Tribunal latest ruling in favour of First Nations kids.\n At the core of the event will be a Valentine card writing campaign\, where everyone is encouraged t o send a message to Parliament in support of safe schools\, clean water\, and good healthcare for Indigenous children. Paper and pens will be provid ed for anyone who needs them and postage to Parliament is free!\n The event s at McGill will consist of presentations and a panel discussion with a nu mber of prominent figures who have devoted themselves to promoting reconci liation and raising awareness about issues facing Indigenous people. We ar e honoured to have Dr. Cindy Blackstock\, Alanis Obomsawin\, Samir Shaheen -Hussain\, and Stephen Agluvak Puskas.\n Seating is first come first serve\ , and entry is free. There will be catering at the event for anyone who is rushing from class or work and is worried about not having time to eat!Pr esenters:Dr. Cindy Blackstock:\n Dr. Blackstock is the Executive Director o f the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and began te aching at McGill’s School of Social Work in January 2018. A member of the Gitksan First Nation\, Cindy has 25 years of social work experience in chi ld protection and Indigenous children’s rights. Her promotion of culturall y based equity for First Nations children and families and engaging childr en in reconciliation has been recognized be the Nobel’s Women’s Initiative \, the Aboriginal Achievement Foundation\, Frontline Defenders and many ot hers. An author of over 50 publications and a widely sought after public s peaker\, Cindy recently completed a Master of Jurisprudence degree and cur rently serves as a Commissioner for the Pan American Health Organization C ommission on Health Equity and Inequity.Samir Shaheen-Hussain:\n Samir Shah een-Hussain got involved in social-justice movements in 2001. He obtained his medical degree at McGill University in 2003\, where he later went on t o complete his pediatric residency training. He has been the pediatric con sultant for Médecins du Monde's Projet Migrant initiative since 2011 and i s currently a board member of Médecins québecois pour le régime public. Ov er the years\, he has been part of Indigenous solidarity\, migrant justice and anti-police violence organizing and has contributed texts to various publications\, including Le Devoir\, Briarpatch Magazine and Nouveaux cahi ers du Socialisme. He currently works full-time in a pediatric emergency d epartment. Most recently\, he has been involved in spearheading #aHand2Hol d efforts to reverse provincial policy that prevents caregivers from accom panying their children during medical evacuation by air-transport\, a prac tice that disproportionately impacts Inuit children from Nunavik.Alanis Ob omsawin:\n Alanis Obomsawin\, a member of the Abenaki Nation\, is one of Ca nada’s foremost documentary filmmakers. The many films that she has direct ed with the National Film Board of Canada explore the lives and concerns o f Canada’s First Nations. Her 50th and most recent film\, Our People Will Be Healed\, reveals how a Cree community in Manitoba has been enriched by an adequately funded school that nurtures Indigenous culture.\n Obomsawin o riginally launched her career in 1960 as a professional singer in New York City. In 1967\, NFB producers Joe Koenig and Bob Verrall invited her to a ct as a consultant for a film on Indigenous people. Obomsawin quickly fell in love with the camera and never looked back.\n As an activist filmmaker\ , Obomsawin has always been driven by a desire to give Canada’s first peop les a voice. This can be seen in all her films\, from Christmas at Moose F actory (1971)\, which depicts life in a Cree village in James Bay through children’s drawings\, to We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice (2016)\, whi ch describes the legal battle that First Nations waged from 2007 to 2016 s o that their children would receive the same care as other Canadian childr en. Throughout her career\, Obomsawin has consistently focused her lens on the importance of roots and intergenerational bonds in preserving First N ations culture.\n Obomsawin is no stranger to documenting emerging conflict s\, as evidenced by her four films on the Oka Crisis of 1990: Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)\, winner of 18 international awards\; My N ame Is Kahentiiosta (1995)\; Spudwrench: Kahnawake Man (1997)\; and Rocks at Whiskey Trench(2000).\n Her other documentary films include Incident at Restigouche(1984)\, a gripping account of the provincial police raids on a Quebec Mi’gmaq reserve\; the moving Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child (1986)\, about a teenager who commits suicide\; and No Addr ess (1988)\, which looks at homelessness in Montreal. Obomsawin’s more rec ent films include The People of the Kattawapiskak River (2012)\, which exp oses the housing crisis facing the Cree of James Bay and was named Best So cial/Political Documentary at the Canadian Screen Awards (2014)\, and Hi-H o Mistahey!\, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival F ilm (TIFF) in 2013 and was nominated for Best Feature Length Documentary a t the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards.\n Especially close to Obomsawin’s heart are the Odanak people and their stories\, as witnessed by her short film S igwan (2005) and her follow-up\, the multi-award-winning Waban-aki: People from Where the Sun Rises (2006). In Our Nationhood (2003)\, Obomsawin cap tures the determination of the Listuguj Mi’gmaq people to manage the natur al resources of their traditional lands. With Is the Crown at War with Us? (2002)\, the accomplished filmmaker takes a close look at the conflict be tween the Mi’gmaq and their Acadian neighbours over fishing rights in Burn t Church\, New Brunswick.\n Obomsawin was inducted into the Playback Canadi an Film & Television Hall of Fame in 2010 and honoured during the inaugura l Birks Diamond Tribute to the Year’s Women in Film at TIFF in 2013. In 20 14\, Obomsawin also received the Humanitarian Award for Exceptional Contri butions to Community and Public Service from the Academy of Canadian Cinem a & Television.Stephen Agluvak Puskas:\n Stephen is an Inuit visual artist and radio host living in Montreal. He is a Indigenous community representa tive for both the Montreal police and Dawson College. He helped start Mont real’s first Inuktitut radio show and has extensive experience speaking at schools in order to raise cultural awareness within the greater Montreal community.#HaveaHeartDay #FNwitness #Waiting4UCanada #AHand2Hold\n Caring S ociety Statement on Latest Human Rights Tribunal Ruling: https://fncarings ociety.com/sites/default/files/Caring%20Society%20Press%20Release%202018%2 0CHRT%204.pdf\n Quebec policy for children during medical evacuation: http: //montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/indigenous-children-airlifted-to-montrea l-er-without-family-members\n Proudly supported by:\n First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada\n McGill University Faculty of Law\n the Int ernational Relations Student 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/channels/channels/event/have-heart-day-mcgill-284 592 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR