Truth & Reconciliation: The Conversation
Real Talk Ryan Jespersen

Truth & Reconciliation: The Conversation

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 30, 20261 hr 22 min
  • Conversation
  • Society
  • About Canada

What does reconciliation actually look like in Canada today? On National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Ryan is joined by podcasters Jessica Vandenberghe, George Lee, and Michelle Robinson for an honest conversation (11:15) about Indigenous identity, history, racism, treaties, and the distance between acknowledging the past and changing the present. Feature interviews on Real Talk are presented by Mercedes-Benz Edmonton West. THIS EPISODE IS PRESENTED BY HANSEN DISTILLERY. PUMPKIN SPICE CREAM LIQUEUR IS BACK! SECURE YOUR BOTTLE: https://hansendistillery.com/ MBEW: https://www.mercedes-benz-edmontonwest.ca/ NATIVE CALGARIAN PODCAST: https://www.nativecalgarian.com/podcast <p...

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Reconciliation is the wrong word.

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It's not something that we can sum up, and then one day, oh yeah,

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Reconciliation is the wrong word. We can't reconcile what happened to Indigenous peoples. It's not something that we can sum up, and then one day, oh yeah, we can call it even now, you know, we made up for all that oppression

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and all those children that died. Like we can just dismiss it all. This is a relay project. Real Talk starts right now.

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Here's Ryan Jesperson. Real Talkers today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. It's a day to remember the children who never came home, to listen to survivors and to reckon honestly with a history that is still very much part of Canada's presence.

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