Polishing the Covenant Chain and renewing treaty relationships

In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) called for the renewal of treaty relationships  and the development of curriculum on treaties. Both the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples and the Ontario-based Ipperwash Inquiry identified treaty education as key in creating  just and equitable relations.   Five years after, Professor Martha Stiegman decided to further take up this challenge, in collaboration with

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Polishing the Chain

Principal Investigator: Martha Stiegman. Funding: SSHRC Connection Grant. Term: 2020-2023. This is a knowledge translation project that leverages the research of the Indigenous-led Talking Treaties community arts project to instigate, amplify, and enrich public discussion on our treaty responsibilities as settler and Indigenous residents of Tkaron:to. The overarching goal is to activate along-neglected treaty obligation

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