Stabbed by a soldier at the 1990 Oka Crisis, Waneek Horn-Miller is a Mohawk activist who went on to achieve Olympic dreams and champion reconciliation as a practice
Through stories from her life’s journey, Horn-Miller will speak to reconciliation as a practice, not a destination. While her own practice of reconciliation began through her mother’s activism, it really emerged after being severely wounded at the Oka Crisis.
Hear how that experience – and her involvement in sport, the Olympics, and the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls – shaped Horn-Miller and her approach to reconciliation today.
It’s Time to Talk is a free, interactive series that seeks to highlight voices of Indigenous artists, writers, activists, and leaders to provide powerful examples of strength and the positive impacts that one individual can have.
The Speaker Series is an opportunity to learn, understand and engage on important issues like homelessness, addiction, intergenerational trauma, and truth and reconciliation.
The virtual event will include a question-and-answer session.