Community Conversations: Can Canada Move Towards Reconciliation?

Join Dufferin County this October for a free event in recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day.

In collaboration with the Equity Events Working Group, Dufferin County is hosting Community Conversations: Can Canada Move Towards Reconciliation on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, at Grace Tipling Hall in Shelburne from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.

Community members are invited to join speaker Tanya Talaga, an award-winning Anishinaabe journalist and author, who will walk through Canadian history, via an Indigenous lens, and explain how we arrived here and what we can do to achieve a more equitable future for all.

Registration is required for the event. Register Online for the Community Conversation : Can Canada Move Towards Reconciliation on Wednesday, October 1, 2025

About Tanya Talaga

Through her bestselling books, acclaimed documentaries and podcasts, regular columns with the Globe and Mail, and powerful keynotes, Talaga aims to amplify Indigenous voices and stories across Canada and the world. She is a born storyteller, who is passionate about education reform and building a more inclusive and equitable future.

Talaga is of Anishinaabe and Polish descent. She is a proud member of Fort William First Nation in the Robinson-Superior Treaty territory with her maternal family having ties to Treaty 9. Her father was Polish Canadian.

Learn more about Tanya Talaga and her work. Read Tanya’s Globe and Mail columns. Find Tanya Talaga Books & Biography.