The Jack Matthews Fellowship is named in honour of the founding Director of the Trent International Program, who also founded Pearson United World College in British Columbia, the Canadian Canoe Museum, and was a Headmaster of Lakefield College School. Each year, a fellow is chosen who embodies the value of those institutions, and the legendary spirit of Canadian global citizenship that was Jack Matthews' vision.
Beyond Land Acknowledgements: A Journalist's Reflection on Truth and Reconciliation
Duncan McCue
Associate Professor, Carleton University School of Journalism
Thursday, October 12, 2023
- 7:00 p.m. (TBC)
Stohn Hall, Student Centre
The event is at capacity. Please complete the waitlist registration, and we will contact you if a spot becomes available.
Lecture Abstract
Anishinaabe journalist and educator Duncan McCue will draw upon over two decades of reporting on Indian residential schools for a thoughtful reflection on building respectful relationships with Indigenous communities and how Canadians can take meaningful steps toward reconciliation.
About Duncan McCue
Award-winning broadcaster and educator Duncan McCue is a Professor of Indigenous Journalism and (Story)telling at Carleton University’s School of Journalism. A longtime CBC radio host and TV news correspondent, he’s the author of Decolonizing Journalism: A Guide to Reporting in Indigenous Communities and The Shoe Boy, a memoir of his time spent on a trapline with a Cree family in northern Quebec. Duncan is a proud Anishinaabe, from the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation in southern Ontario.
For more information, contact alumni@trentu.ca.