Real change requires change in self

I’ve worked on many levels of government projects to engage Indigenous communities. Each time, I’ve been disappointed that bureaucratic and political systems perpetuate oppressive outcomes for Indigenous groups that are gracious enough to repeatedly engage.

Rather than asking for recommendations and ideas about what can change, we need to ask ourselves how we, as individual humans, can be changed through greater understanding of Indigenous ways, writes Anne Harding, owner of Forum Community Relations.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY ANNE HARDING

June 10, 2024

Twenty years ago, I was offered a life-changing opportunity. As an undergrad involved in the debate community, I was asked to mentor Indigenous high school students for a Worlds competition coming to my city. I hadn’t interacted with Indigenous people much before that, gro...

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