Pathways to Reconciliation

This public lecture & retreat are being offered both in-person at The Star of the North or online (via Zoom).

It is offered as part of the Aurora Living Speaker Series. To find out more about Aurora Living please visit www.starofthenorth.ca/aurora

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Friday Lecture Only

^$20.00

Retreat Live-In

^$200.00

Retreat Commuter

^$145.00

Retreat Online

^$90.00

Public Lecture & Retreat

Event Details

Reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada affects us all. It is an ongoing process that begins with truth and healing. Only by doing our own work of transformation and walking together can we hope for reconciliation to take root in hearts, families, communities, and nations. In this concluding part of the module entitled, New Creation: Hope in Troubled Times, Sheila Smith shares her own experiences and learnings around reconciliation to motivate participants to consider taking new steps along their own pathways to reconciliation.

FACILITATOR:

Sister Sheila Smith is a member of the Society of the Sacred Heart. She is of Irish-English settler descent living in Anishinaabe Algonquin territory, Ottawa. Sheila is an Assistant professor at Saint Paul University, Ottawa, in the area of the Churches, Truth, Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. Prior to this, Sheila represented her religious congregation at the United Nations in New York, where she brought many years experience of living and working with Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Sheila also volunteers with various organizations, including Kateri Native Ministry in Ottawa and is an honourary member of the Kii-Gaa-Do-Waak Nookimisuk (Grandmothers Council) in Robertson Huron Treaty Territory. She is a member of St. Joseph’s Church, an Oblate parish in Ottawa.

SCHEDULE:

Friday, May 31

7:00 pm - Public Lecture - Session 1 with Dr. Sheila Smith

Saturday, June 1

9:00 am - Welcome & Ritual
9:30 am - Session 2 with Dr. Sheila Smith
10:30 am - Break
11:00 am - Session 3 with Dr. Sheila Smith
12:00 pm - Lunch
1:00 pm - Activity Session
2:00 pm - Break
2:30 pm - Session 4 with Dr. Sheila Smith
3:15 pm - Closing Ritual

REGISTRATION:

Early-Bird (before May 1st)

Friday Public Lecture - $20
Retreat Overnight (includes room, plus breakfast & lunch) - $200
Retreat Commuter (includes lunch) - $145
Retreat Online - $90

After May 1st

Friday Public Lecture - $25
Retreat Overnight (includes room, plus breakfast & lunch) - $260
Retreat Commuter (includes lunch) - $150
Retreat Online - $110