Dr Marie Wilson @ Wilmot United Church
Tuesday May 27, 2025 | 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Westminster Bookmark is pleased to be participating in a special event with TRC Commissioner Marie Wilson on Tuesday, May 27th, 7pm at Wilmot United Church, 473 King Street, Fredericton. This event is free and all are welcome. Marie Wilson will be signing copies of her book after the reading and discussion.
North of Nowhere: Songs of Truth and Reconciliation is a first-hand account of the historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada as told by one of the commissioners. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established to record the previously hidden history of more than a century of forced residential schooling for Indigenous children.
With the skills of a journalist, the heart of a mother and grandmother, and the insights of a life as the spouse of a residential school survivor, Commissioner Wilson guides readers through her years witnessing survivor testimony across the country, providing her unique perspective on the personal toll and enduring public value of the commission. In this unparalleled account, she honours the voices of survivors who have called Canada to attention, determined to heal, reclaim, and thrive.
Part vital public documentary, part probing memoir, North of Nowhere breathes fresh air into the possibilities of reconciliation amid the persistent legacy of residential schools. It is a call to everyone to view the important and continuing work of reconciliation not as an obligation but as a gift.
Praise for North of Nowhere
"Marie Wilson challenges all of us to make a commitment to advance reconciliation. It is about working together: upintowin, lifting each other up." —Chief Dr. Wilton Littlechild
"Marie Wilson is the truth keeper entrusted with the accounts of the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children who went to residential schools." —Cindy Blackstock, executive director, First Nations Child & Family Caring Society
"Marie Wilson elicits emotional and insightful responses that move us along our journeys of understanding the truth of Canada." —Shelagh Rogers and Monique Gray Smith Shelagh Rogers and Monique Gray Smith
DR. MARIE WILSON (CM, ONWT, MSC) spent six years crisscrossing the country as a commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. She has spoken throughout North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand on the potential of reconciliation. Born in Ontario, she has lived, studied, and worked as a journalist, teacher, professor, trainer, and executive in Canada, France, Burkina Faso, South Africa, and parts of South America. She lives in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
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