Ryerson Education

Realizing the Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair

“We are governed within our method of reconciliation being mindful of this: the way in which most of us have been educated within this country— Aboriginal children in residential schools and Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in public places along with other schools – has introduced us where we're today—to a place in which the mental and emotional well-being of Aboriginal children continues to be injured, and also the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people continues to be seriously broken. This really is so, not only when it comes to that which was trained (or otherwise trained) about residential schools, but additionally when it comes to what Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal individuals have been trained about one another. It's our view that, in broad terms, education has introduced us to the present condition of poor relations between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples within this country, but education supports the answer to making things better…if we agree with the goal of reconciliation, and accept interact, the job we all do today, will immeasurably strengthen the social fabric of Canada tomorrow.”

The Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair

On November 24, The Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair received the ninth Annual Egerton Ryerson Award for Persistence for Public Education. The honours ceremony was located by Shelagh Rogers, with special visitors Wab Kinew, Kimberly Murray, and Niigaan Sinclair.

Justice Sinclair was Manitoba’s first Aboriginal Judge. He's been Special Assistant towards the Attorney General of Manitoba, Co-Commissioner of Manitoba’s Public Inquiry in to the Administration of Justice and Aboriginal People (The Aboriginal Justice Inquiry), a lawyer for that Manitoba Human Privileges Commission, and, most notoriously, Chair of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

This season, using the discharge of the Commission’s findings and suggestions, Sinclair provides an important new public frame for that dialogue concerning the link between education and lengthy-term healing and alter. He's been extremely vocal, passionate and articulate about education among, otherwise the important thing for you to for Canada and the way forward for all First Nations, Métis and Inuit youthful people. He's been equally obvious that for true reconciliation, changes should be designed to our public education systems.

Justice Sinclair is really a worthy recipient for 2015’s Ryerson Award.

The Egerton Ryerson Award for Persistence for Public Education

“On the significance of education generally we might remark it's as necessary because the light – it ought to be as fashionable as water so that as free as air.” Egerton Ryerson, 1846

The Egerton Ryerson Award is presented yearly to someone or persons who've been both active and public within their advocacy for strong public education. The award recognizes the deep worth of learning – in the early years until graduation from senior high school, and individuals who've made the bond between strong public education, social cohesion, and powerful and engaged communities.