Social Inc is hosting a Wednesday Film Recommendation.
All Mohawk College students can access this film for free through YouTube.
This week:
"Unreconciled: Family, Truth, Indigenous Resistance with Jesse Wente"
"Part memoir and manifesto, “Unreconciled” is an authentic call to dismantle the concept of reconciliation and instead focus on building a new, respectful relationship between Canada and Indigenous peoples. The author, Jesse Wente, searches for answers by exploring his family’s history, including his grandmother’s experience in residential schools and his own challenges with racial profiling. This book takes on the difficult history of Indigenous peoples in Canada and gives a voice to those that have been portrayed, understood and seen different to what they truly are."
Sensitive Content Warning: This film has content that may be sensitive and triggering. Viewer discretion advised.
Watch "Unreconciled: Family, Truth, Indigenous Resistance with Jesse Wente" here.
Featured Trailblazer
Kael McKenzie
"Kael McKenzie is noted as the first transgender person to be appointed as a judge to the Provincial Court of Manitoba in Canada. Kael was also the co-chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Conference from 2012 to 2014. He has served as vice president of the Manitoba Bar Association, as Manitoba chair of the Canadian Bar Association, and president of the provincial Rainbow Resource Centre for Manitoba’s LGBT and Two-Spirit communities. Kael is a proud member of the Manitoba Métis Nation and also served as a proud transgender man in the Canadian Forces" (The Canadian Centre for Gender & Sexual Diversity).
Learn more about Kael McKenzie here.