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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
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...