We invite you to join our Reconciliation Reading Circles where we will explore Indigenous literature, both fiction and non-fiction, to broaden our understanding of reconciliation.
This month we will discuss Cherie Dimaline’s The Marrow Thieves.
Each month we will also look at sections of Bob Joseph’s Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation With Indigenous Peoples a Reality.
For this event:
- Copies of the book will be made available to participants so that you may read the book in advance.
- Come with an open mind and a respectful heart.
- Refreshments will be served.
About the Book:
In a future world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America’s indigenous population– and it is their marrow that holds the cure for the rest of the world. But getting the marrow– and dreams– means death for the unwilling donors. Driven to flight, a 15-year-old and his companions struggle for survival, attempt to reunite with loved ones, and take refuge from the “recruiters” who seek them out to bring them to the marrow-stealing ‘factories.’
Join us each month as we look at a new book: