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November 10, 2024
‘Keep trying. Dream’: The life and message of Murray Sinclair honoured at memorial service
Family, friends, dignitaries celebrated the late Murray Sinclair in Winnipeg Sunday CBC News: The family of the late Murray Sinclair remember his life as being “a beacon of integrity and compassion” as they were joined by members of the public, the Canadian Governor General and prime minister during a commemorative service at Winnipeg’s Canada Life...
November 9, 2024
OPINION: Murray Sinclair has passed the torch to us all – The Editorial Board
The Globe and Mail: The lives of great people can be too easily reduced to a list of their accomplishments, even if those accomplishments are as groundbreaking and important to Canada as those of Murray Sinclair. Mr. Sinclair was one of the first Indigenous lawyers in Canada and was named Manitoba’s first Indigenous judge in 1988....
November 6, 2024
Opinion | Murray Sinclair sought to build a pathway toward mutual understanding and healing for future generations
Toronto Star: Canada just lost one of its most important citizens. The death of Murray Sinclair has already generated dozens of testimonials and fond remembrances for an individual who transformed Indigenous-newcomer relations in Canada and who worked extraordinarily hard to get the country on a path to sustainable reconciliation. The Canada of Murray Sinclair’s youth was, for...
November 5, 2024
Sinclair leaves a strong legacy
NationTalk: The Brandon SUN – OPINION “How can we as citizens put faith in a man who shows such disregard for his mandate and the society that educated him?” — Winnipeg Police Service Staff Sgt. George Walker, 1989 In 1989, a Winnipeg police sergeant wrote then-Manitoba premier Gary Filmon to demand the removal of one...
November 5, 2024
Statement from Métis Nation of Ontario on the Passing of the Hon. Murray Sinclair
NationTalk: Today, we mourn the loss of a remarkable leader, advocate, and friend, the Honourable Murray Sinclair. His contributions to truth and justice for Indigenous Peoples in Canada were profound and transformative. From his work as the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, where he courageously amplified the stories of survivors, to his longstanding...
November 5, 2024
Senators pay tribute to Murray Sinclair: ‘He left an indelible imprint’
Anishinaabe judge elevated the role of an Indigenous senator, former colleagues say CBC Indigenous: Murray Sinclair personified reconciliation. He lived it, walked it and talked it. But his former colleagues in the Senate say the trailblazing Anishinaabe judge brought his strength, wisdom and humour to bear on many other issues. Reflecting on Sinclair’s legacy on...
November 5, 2024
Sacred fire for Murray Sinclair burns at Manitoba Legislature
Mourners visit memorial, inspired to practice reconciliation A teepee stands in front of the Manitoba Legislative Building to shelter a sacred fire for the late Murray Sinclair. Photo: Jesse Andrushko/APTN News APTN News: People from different walks of life continue to flock to a teepee erected in Winnipeg to shelter the sacred fire lit in...
November 5, 2024
Sinclair’s death ‘leaves a real dent in the heart’ says former TRC commissioner
Commissioner Justice Murray Sinclair, Commissioner Chief Wilton Littlechild and Commissioner Marie Wilson (right to left) listen to a speaker as the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation commission is released, Tuesday December 15, 2015 in Ottawa. Photo: Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press. APTN News: The community of Maskwacis south of Edmonton is holding prayer ceremonies...
November 5, 2024
‘Rock-star judge’ Murray Sinclair left lasting impact on Manitoba legal community, friends and colleagues say
‘He’s going to be remembered … as one of the most important figures in the history of this country’ CBC Indigenous: Winnipeg lawyer Brad Regehr’s fondest memory of the late Anishinaabe judge and senator Murray Sinclair has only a tangential connection to his judicial career. In 2007, Regehr’s partner had recently given birth to their...
November 5, 2024
Manitoba Legislature
Mourners visit memorial, inspired to practice reconciliation A teepee stands in front of the Manitoba Legislative Building to shelter a sacred fire for the late Murray Sinclair. Photo: Jesse Andrushko/APTN News APTN News: People from different walks of life continue to flock to a teepee erected in Winnipeg to shelter the sacred fire lit in...
November 4, 2024
Indigenous Canadian judge who reshaped nation’s legal system dies aged 73
Murray Sinclair praised by prime minister for pioneering country’s Indigenous reconciliation efforts Leyland Cecco in Toronto NationTalk: The Guardian – Murray Sinclair, the Anishinaabe judge, senator and university chancellor, who reshaped Canada’s legal system and forced the public to confront the brutal realities of the Indigenous residential school system, has died at the age of 73....
November 4, 2024
‘Peacefully and surrounded by love’: Murray Sinclair, judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, dies at age 73
Sinclair travelled the country for six years hearing the stories of survivors of residential schools for the commission, which produced 94 calls to action. Toronto Star: OTTAWA—Murray Sinclair, former chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, has died at age 73. “Peacefully and surrounded by love” from his family, Sinclair died Monday in Winnipeg after...
November 4, 2024
AMC Extends Condolences in the Passing of The Honourable Murray Sinclair
NationTalk: Treaty One Territory, Winnipeg—With profound sadness, the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) announces the passing of the Honourable Murray Sinclair. He began his journey to the spirit world last night, surrounded by loved ones. His lifelong dedication to justice, truth, and the advocacy of Indigenous rights has made him an icon of strength and...
November 4, 2024
Murray Sinclair’s family, friends say stories of ‘kindness’ will live on through generations
APTN News: A sacred fire has been lit outside the Manitoba Legislature in the Anishinaabe tradition following the passing of the Honourable Murray Sinclair Monday morning. Flags are also flying at half mast in his honour. Sinclair died in Winnipeg surrounded by family. He was 73. His family issued a statement on his passing this...
November 4, 2024
‘Canada has lost a giant’: Murray Sinclair, judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, dies at age 73
Sinclair travelled the country for six years hearing the stories of survivors of residential schools for the commission. By Joy SpearChief-MorrisOttawa Bureau Toronto Star: OTTAWA—Murray Sinclair, former chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, died surrounded by family on Monday in Winnipeg at age 73. “The impact of our dad’s work reached far across the country...
November 4, 2024
This is the Murray Sinclair I was privileged to know
TANYA TALAGA: SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL The Globe and Mail: The first time I met Murray Sinclair, I cried. I grasped his warm, large hand and the tears unexpectedly flowed as I introduced myself and thanked him, on behalf of my family, for the work he had done for all First Nations people...
November 4, 2024
OBITUARY: ‘Canada has lost a giant’
Murray Sinclair, the former chair of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, dies at 73 Iconic First Nations leader Murray Sinclair, left, who chaired Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, died Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, at a Winnipeg hospital. He was 73. Sinclair, of the Peguis First Nation who was also a senator and judge, is shown...
November 4, 2024
Former judge and senator Murray Sinclair dies at 73
Winnipeg Free Press: Murray Sinclair, the groundbreaking Indigenous lawyer who led inquiries that exposed racial injustice and redefined how Canadians see Indian residential schools, has died. He was 73. Sinclair, whose spirit name is Mizhana Gheezhik (The One Who Speaks of Pictures in the Sky), died early Monday morning at St. Boniface Hospital surrounded by...
November 4, 2024
OBITUARY: Murray Sinclair stood for truth, justice to the end
From the courthouse to the Senate, he challenged racism, championed Indigenous rights and sought reconciliation The Globe and Mail: If all had gone according to his grandmother’s plan, Murray Sinclair, the Anishinaabe jurist who did as much as any figure in the country’s history to right the troubled relationship between Canada and Indigenous peoples, would...
November 4, 2024
Murray Sinclair, former senator who led Truth and Reconciliation Commission, dead at 73
Renowned lawyer was Manitoba’s first Indigenous judge Click on the following link view all video and other pictures in the following article: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/murray-sinclair-death-1.7372862 CBC Indigenous: Murray Sinclair, the Anishinaabe senator and renowned Manitoba lawyer who led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, has died at age 73. Sinclair died at a Winnipeg hospital early Monday morning “peacefully...