An Evening with The Honourable Murray Sinclair

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McNally Robinson Booksellers and McClelland & Stewart invite to you celebrate the launch of The Honourable Murray Sinclair's long awaited book (McClelland & Stewart). This evening will feature an intimate and wide ranging conversation between Senator Sinclair and Matt Galloway, host of The Current on CBC Radio One

Judge, senator, and activist. Father, grandfather, and friend. This is Murray Sinclair's story--and the story of a nation--in his own words, an oral history that forgoes the trappings of the traditionally written memoir to center Indigenous ways of knowledge and storytelling. As Canada moves forward into the future of Reconciliation, one of its greatest leaders guides us to ask the most important and difficult question we can ask of ourselves: Who are we?

Senator Murray Sinclair was a judge for twenty-eight years. He was the first Indigenous judge appointed in Manitoba and Canada's second. He served as Co-Chair of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry in Manitoba and as Chief Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). As head of the TRC, he participated in hundreds of hearings across Canada, culminating in the issuance of the TRC's report in 2015. He served as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Manitoba and has won numerous awards, including the National Aboriginal Achievement Award, the Manitoba Bar Association's Equality Award (2001) and its Distinguished Service Award (2016), and has received Honorary Doctorates from 14 Canadian universities. Senator Sinclair was appointed to the Senate on April 2, 2016.

Host Matt Galloway is the host of The Current on CBC Radio One. He has been with CBC Radio for more than 15 years. In addition to hosting Metro Morning for more than a decade, he has also anchored CBC Radio's coverage of the Olympic Games on several occasions, including Beijing 2008, Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014, as well as the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In 2012, he received the Excellence In Community Service Award from the Intercultural Dialogue Institute for addressing issues confronting diverse communities, and in 2013, received the award for Diversity and Social Inclusion by the Tagore Anniversary Celebrations Committee of Toronto. In 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2019, Toronto Life magazine named him one of Toronto's 50 most influential people. In 2015, Galloway received the African Canadian Achievement Award for Excellence in Media. In 2017, he received an honourary degree from York University, and a Harry Jerome Award for Media. Galloway runs and rides his bike daily, and is an avid home cook.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg, 375 York Avenue, Winnipeg, Canada