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SUMMARY:TRC #57: Dr. John Borrows
DESCRIPTION:What if reconciliation with one another is impossible without first reconciling ourselves to the earth?\nRegister Now \nThis opening conversation of the TRC#57 Speaker Series Season 6 launches our year-long exploration of Resurgence and Reconciliation: Indigenous–Settler Relations and Earth Teachings. To begin this journey\, we are honoured to welcome Dr. John Borrows\, co-editor of the anthology and one of Canada’s leading thinkers on Indigenous law and relational governance. Drawing from his chapter\, “Earth-Bound: Indigenous Resurgence and Environmental Reconciliation\,” Borrows offers a grounded and relational account of Indigenous law that emphasizes care for the earth\, the importance of limits\, and shared responsibility across generations. He invites audiences to reflect on Indigenous resurgence as an earth-bound practice—one rooted in Indigenous laws\, languages\, and responsibilities to the living world. \nThis session asks questions many Canadians are now facing with urgency: \n\nWhat do treaties require of us in a time of ecological crisis?\nWhat can Indigenous legal traditions teach about living within the earth’s inherent limits?\nHow do responsibility\, reciprocity\, and love become legal obligations—not just moral ideals?\nAnd what changes when land\, water\, plants\, and animals are understood as living relations rather than resources?\n\nThrough story\, legal insight\, and teachings drawn from Anishinaabe law\, Borrows reminds us that reconciliation is not abstract or symbolic. It is practiced daily through how we live\, govern\, and care for the world that sustains us. \nThis conversation sets the tone for the year ahead\, inviting participants to slow down\, listen carefully\, and consider what it means to live well together—in reciprocity with one another and the land—now and for generations to come. \nRegister Now \n \nResurgence and Reconciliation: Indigenous–Settler Relations and Earth Teachings\nEdited by Michael Asch\, John Borrows and James Tully \nUse the code Resurgence2026 to get 20% off your purchase through University of Toronto Press\, plus\, get free shipping on orders over $40 \nPurchase a Copy \nBorrow a Copy
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LOCATION:Virtual Zoom Webinar\, British Columbia\, Canada
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