Justice Murray Sinclair, senator and former chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, will examine what Canada can learn from indigenous societies around the world on March 30 at the annual Avie Bennett Historica Canada Public Lecture in Canadian History.

Murray Sinclair. Image courtesy: Thompson Rivers University

Sinclair’s talk, “Indigeneity, the World, and Canada” will address what non-Aboriginal Canadians should learn from other societies when it comes to their relationship with indigenous people.

“Sinclair has been praised for his work on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission,” says Professor Marcel Martel, who holds the Avie Bennett Historica Canada Chair in Canadian History. “He is a remarkable public speaker and those who have attended his talks have found him inspiring and challenging.”

The Avie Bennett Historica Chair was established at York University in 2004 by the Historica Foundation of Canada, endowed by York Chancellor Emeritus Avie Bennett. Its purpose is to promote the study of Canada’s heritage and ensure the academic vitality of the discipline.

The public lecture will be held at 7pm in the Moot Court in the Ignat Kaneff Building (formerly known as Osgoode Hall) on York University’s Keele campus. Registration is required, at laps.yorku.ca/bennett-lecture.

This article is an edited version of the original story which appeared for the previously scheduled event in September 2016, which had to be postponed.