BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260403T145748EDT-3772nWCfvT@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260403T185748Z 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\nOn February 1st\, 2018 the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal issued a fourth compliance order finding Canada’s approac h to First Nations child welfare to be unlawful and discriminatory. Have a Heart Day is a chance for everyone to get together\, learn more about the injustices in our society\, and get involved in the process of reconcilia tion. This event seeks to build on the momentum of the Human Rights Tribun al latest ruling in favour of First Nations kids.\n\nAt the core of the ev ent will be a Valentine card writing campaign\, where everyone is encourag ed to send a message to Parliament in support of safe schools\, clean wate r\, and good healthcare for Indigenous children. Paper and pens will be pr ovided for anyone who needs them and postage to Parliament is free!\n\nSea ting 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!\n\nThe events at McGill will consist of pres entations and a panel discussion with a number of prominent figures who ha ve devoted themselves to promoting reconciliation and raising awareness ab out issues facing Indigenous people: Dr. Cindy Blackstock\, Alanis Obomsaw in\, Samir Shaheen-Hussain\, and Stephen Agluvak Puskas.\n\nPresenters:\n \nDr. Cindy Blackstock is the Executive Director of the First Nations Chil d and Family Caring Society of Canada and began teaching at McGill’s Schoo l of Social Work in January 2018. A member of the Gitksan First Nation\, C indy has 25 years of social work experience in child protection and Indige nous children’s rights. Her promotion of culturally based equity for First Nations children and families and engaging children in reconciliation has been recognized be the Nobel’s Women’s Initiative\, the Aboriginal Achiev ement Foundation\, Frontline Defenders and many others. An author of over 50 publications and a widely sought after public speaker\, Cindy recently completed a Master of Jurisprudence degree and currently serves as a Commi ssioner for the Pan American Health Organization Commission on Health Equi ty and Inequity.\n\nSamir Shaheen-Hussain got involved in social-justice m ovements in 2001. He obtained his medical degree at McGill University in 2 003\, where he later went on to complete his pediatric residency training. He has been the pediatric consultant for Médecins du Monde's Projet Migra nt initiative since 2011 and is currently a board member of Médecins québe cois pour le régime public. Over the years\, he has been part of Indigenou s solidarity\, migrant justice and anti-police violence organizing and has contributed texts to various publications\, including Le Devoir\, Briarpa tch Magazine and Nouveaux cahiers du Socialisme. He currently works full-t ime in a pediatric emergency department. Most recently\, he has been invol ved in spearheading #aHand2Hold efforts to reverse provincial policy that prevents caregivers from accompanying their children during medical evacua tion by air-transport\, a practice that disproportionately impacts Inuit c hildren from Nunavik.\n\nAlanis Obomsawin\, a member of the Abenaki Nation \, is one of Canada’s foremost documentary filmmakers. The many films that she has directed with the National Film Board of Canada explore the lives and concerns of Canada’s First Nations. Her 50th and most recent film\, O ur People Will Be Healed\, reveals how a Cree community in Manitoba has be en enriched by an adequately funded school that nurtures Indigenous cultur e. As an activist filmmaker\, Obomsawin has always been driven by a desire to give Canada’s first peoples a voice. Throughout her career\, Obomsawin has consistently focused her lens on the importance of roots and intergen erational bonds in preserving First Nations culture. Obomsawin was inducte d into the Playback Canadian Film & Television Hall of Fame in 2010 and ho noured during the inaugural Birks Diamond Tribute to the Year’s Women in F ilm at TIFF in 2013. In 2014\, Obomsawin also received the Humanitarian Aw ard for Exceptional Contributions to Community and Public Service from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.\n\nStephen Agluvak Puskas is an Inuit visual artist and radio host living in Montreal. He is a Indigenous community representative for both the Montreal police and Dawson College. He helped start Montreal’s first Inuktitut radio show and has extensive ex perience speaking at schools in order to raise cultural awareness within t he greater Montreal community.\n\nPaper and pens will be provided so every one can send a Valentine to Parliament asking for safe schools\, clean wat er\, and good healthcare for Indigenous children.\n DTSTART:20180214T223000Z DTEND:20180215T010000Z LOCATION:Maxwell Cohen Moot Court (NCDH 100)\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, Q C\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 3644 rue Peel SUMMARY:Have a Heart Day: Helping Indigenous Children URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/law/channels/event/have-heart-day-helping-indigen ous-children-284559 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR