{"id":1072,"date":"2026-06-24T15:53:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T15:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/?post_type=trc57_speakers&#038;p=1072"},"modified":"2026-06-24T22:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:36:10","slug":"heather-menzies2","status":"publish","type":"trc57_speakers","link":"https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/speakers\/heather-menzies2\/","title":{"rendered":"Heather Menzies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-8 col-md-8\">\n<h2 class=\"topic\">Meeting My Treaty Kin: A Journey Toward Reconciliation<\/h2>\n<p>with Heather Menzies<\/p>\n<div class=\"date\"><strong>Webinar Date:<\/strong>\u00a0January 24, 2024 \/ 12-1pm PT<\/div>\n<div class=\"topic-details\">Join us in conversation with Heather Menzies, a settler Canadian who shares a personal, intimate story of her journey and steps toward reconciliation, revealing the rich potential that comes from learning to listen and change \u2013 decolonization &#8211; not as to-do list, but as a lived experience of taking one awkward step at a time. The conversation will weave lived experiences and stories to illuminate a path settlers could take to better understand and engage in treaty relationships from the personal to the institutional changes required to champion authentic reconciliation.<\/div>\n<div class=\"webinar-video\">\n<div class=\"wp-video\">\n<div id=\"mep_0\" class=\"mejs-container mejs-container-keyboard-inactive wp-video-shortcode mejs-video\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"application\" aria-label=\"Video Player\">\n<div class=\"mejs-inner\">\n<div class=\"mejs-mediaelement\">\n<div id=\"video-404-1-iframe-overlay\" class=\"mejs-iframe-overlay\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"video-404-1_youtube_iframe\" title=\"Meeting My Treaty Kin: A Journey Toward Reconciliation | Learning with Syeyutsus S4E2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1v9sHMoraOU?controls=0&amp;rel=0&amp;disablekb=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;html5=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;autoplay=0&amp;end=0&amp;loop=0&amp;playsinline=0&amp;start=0&amp;nocookie=false&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftrc57speakerseries.ca&amp;widgetid=1&amp;forigin=https%3A%2F%2Ftrc57speakerseries.ca%2Fspeakers%2Fheather-menzies%2F&amp;aoriginsup=1&amp;gporigin=https%3A%2F%2Ftrc57speakerseries.ca%2Fseason-4-speakers%2F&amp;vf=1\" width=\"585\" height=\"329.0625\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mejs-layers\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mejs-controls\">\n<div class=\"mejs-button mejs-fullscreen-button\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-407\" style=\"width: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Book-Cover-Meeting-My-Treaty-Kin_High-Res-Cover-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Book-Cover-Meeting-My-Treaty-Kin_High-Res-Cover-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Book-Cover-Meeting-My-Treaty-Kin_High-Res-Cover.jpg 647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"book-details\">\n<div class=\"book-info book-item\">\n<div class=\"title\">Meeting My Treaty Kin: A Journey Toward Reconciliation<\/div>\n<p>Heather Menzies<\/p>\n<div class=\"purchase\">\n<p><a class=\"button purchase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ubcpress.ca\/meeting-my-treaty-kin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy a Copy<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"code\">Use the code TRC57 to get 20% off your purchase through UBC Press, plus, get free shipping on orders over $40<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"borrow\"><a class=\"button borrow\" href=\"https:\/\/search.virl.bc.ca\/search\/card?id=9f7fbae6-0964-550c-9524-ce4126a65f2d&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Borrow a Copy<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-4 about-bg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-405\" style=\"width: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Heather-Menizes_author-photo_credit-Bill-Pope.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Heather-Menizes_author-photo_credit-Bill-Pope.jpg 1818w, https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Heather-Menizes_author-photo_credit-Bill-Pope-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Heather-Menizes_author-photo_credit-Bill-Pope-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Heather-Menizes_author-photo_credit-Bill-Pope-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Heather-Menizes_author-photo_credit-Bill-Pope-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/trc57speakerseries.ca\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Heather-Menizes_author-photo_credit-Bill-Pope-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><strong>Heather Menzies<\/strong> is an award-winning author, activist, and adjunct research professor in the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies at Carleton University. In 2013, she was appointed to the Order of Canada for her contributions to public discourse. Most recently, she collaborated with the Nishnaabeg at Stoney Point to produce\u00a0<em>Our Long Struggle for Home: The Ipperwash Story<\/em>. She has won two book awards and one magazine award, and two of her books appeared on the\u00a0<em>Globe and Mail\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0top 100 books of the year list. 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