RDC Community Reading Circle: From Where I Stand
Jan 29, 2025 — 11:30 a.m. to 12:50 p.m.
This January, the Reconciliation and Decolonization Committee will delve into From Where I Stand, by Jody Wilson-Raybould. Offering straight talk on how to deconstruct Canada's dark colonial legacy and embrace a new era of recognition and reconciliation. This powerful book urges us to build upon the momentum already gained in the reconciliation process or risk hard-won progress being lost.
About the book
From Where I Stand, Rebuilding Indigenous Nations For A Stronger Canada by Jody Wilson-Raybould includes a foreword by the (late) Honourable Senator Murray Sinclair.
From Where I Stand highlights five main areas of Jody Wilson-Raybould’s foundational understanding on charting a new course for true reconciliation in Canada: Moving through the postcolonial door examines the breadth and depth of reconciliation; rights and recognition focuses on section 35 of Canada’s Constitution and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP); governance in the post-Indian Act world includes the pursuit of strong and appropriate institutions, structures and procedures of governance; building business relationships and the duty to consult discusses rights and support for Nation building and when unrecognized results in negative social and economic consequences for everyone; and, restoring balance, correcting injustices, and keeping vigilant is premised on diversity and promoting an inclusive society.
Copies of the book are available at the Morisset and the Brian Dickson libraries, on campus, or at the Ottawa Public Library.
If you’d like to purchase a physical copy, we encourage you to consider supporting a local bookseller.