The Canada Lecture
In 2010, the Canadian Race Relations Foundation introduced an annual event to its programs called the Canada Lecture. The idea is to invite accomplished Canadians to raise awareness and understanding of critical issues related to racism and racial discrimination and creating social harmony in our society. The program provides a forum for addressing ways and challenges in confronting and eliminating racism and its manifestations, and serves as a unique medium for sharing views, experiences and visions about Canadian identity and citizenship.The Canada Lecture is designed to convey the vastness and richness of Canadian culture, and to promote dialogue and action in advancing Canadian diversity and unity.
2020 Canada Lecture - Event Cancellation
We would like to inform you that for health and safety concerns, the Canada Lecture held in conjunction with the 22nd Metropolis Canada Conference to be held at the RBC Convention Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba from March 19th-21st will no longer be taking place. We are currently pursuing the option of holding a modified Metropolis Conference in Winnipeg in the Fall of 2020. We would like to reassure you that while we do not have all the answers at this time, we are working diligently in the best interest of the Canadian public. We will be sure to communicate with you as and when we have additional information to share.Thank you for your patience and understanding during these uncertain times.
The Canadian Race Relations Foundation presents: The 2020 Canada Lecture with Jean Teillet
Jean Teillet, IPC (BFA, LL.B, LL.M) is the great-grandniece of Louis Riel and an Indigenous rights lawyer. She is the author of Métis Law in Canada and The North-West is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel’s People, the Métis Nation. Jean has long been engaged in negotiations and litigation with provincial and federal governments concerning Métis and First Nation land rights, harvesting rights, commercial harvesting and self-government. Jean is a frequent author and lecturer on issues surrounding access to justice, Indigenous rights, identity and mobility.Jean Teillet, IPC (BFA, LL.B, LL.M) is the great-grandniece of Louis Riel and an Indigenous rights lawyer.
She is the author of Métis Law in Canada and The North-West is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel’s People, the Métis Nation. Jean has long been engaged in negotiations and litigation with provincial and federal governments concerning Métis and First Nation land rights, harvesting rights, commercial harvesting and self-government. Jean is a frequent author and lecturer on issues surrounding access to justice, Indigenous rights, identity and mobility.She has presented internationally in Russia, Poland, Israel, Japan, United States and China.
In Canada, she has spoken at conferences for the National Judicial Institute, the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Ontario Native Justices of the Peace, the Universities of Alberta, Ottawa, Saskatoon and Toronto, among others.In 2007, the University of Windsor Faculty of Law established the Jean Teillet Access to Justice Scholarship to honour her work as a human rights lawyer. In 2012 she received a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal and in 2014, Jean was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Guelph for her impact on Indigenous rights law.
Previous Canada Lectures
2016 03 21 | Canada Lecture 2016: On Campus - Diversity and Unity | Presentations by leading academics: Robert Daum (University of British Columbia), Elke Winter (University of Ottawa), Mathieu Wade and Eric Forgues (Université de Moncton), and Sinziana Chira (Mount Saint Vincent University)
2017 02 07 | Innovative Ideas - Solutions for Racism: Empathy | Delivered by panelists: Rabbi Dr. Reuven P. Bulka (Founder, President and CEO, Kind Canada Genereux), Nation Cheung(Director, Youth Initiatives, United Way), Dr. Marie Wilson (Commissioner, Truth and Reconciliation Commission), and Moderated by Nouman Ashraf (Assistant Professor, Rotman School of Management)
2018 03 21 | Contemporary Issues in Freedom of Expression | Delivered by The Honourable Mr. Justice Russell Juriansz of the Ontario Court of Appeal | Toronto, ON
2019 03 21 | Doing Immigrantion Differently | Delivered by Tareq Hadhad, Founder of Peace by Chocolate | Halifax, NS
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