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McNally Robinson Booksellers and McGill-Queen's University Press are pleased to present Raymond Mason celebrating the online launch of his new memoir, Spirit of the Grassroots People: Seeking Justice for Indigenous Survivors of Canada's Colonial Education System.
The event will feature Chief Glenn Hudson (Peguis First Nation) and a conversation hosted by Dr. Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair in conversation with the author.
Registration is required to participate directly in the Zoom webinar. It will be simultaneously streamed on YouTube and available for viewing thereafter.
A riveting and at times harrowing read, Spirit of the Grassroots People describes the author's experiences in Indian day and residential schools in Manitoba and his struggles to find meaning in life after trauma and abuse. Mason details the work that he and his colleagues did over many years to gain recognition and compensation for their suffering. Drawing from Indigenous oral traditions as well as Western historiography, the work applies the concept of two-eyed seeing to the histories of colonialism and education in Canada. The memoir is supplemented by a final chapter in which Theodore Michael Christou and Jackson Pind put Mason's story into a historical and educational context.
Raymond Mason is a respected survivor, activist, and Elder who resides in Peguis First Nation, Manitoba.
Jackson Pind is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education, Queen's University.
Theodore Michael Christou is professor of social studies and history education and associate dean of graduate studies and research in the Faculty of Education, Queen's University.