Executive director quits inquiry: Expert available
A UWaterloo expert is available to speak to the media about the loss of the executive director of the federally funded commission examining missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
A UWaterloo expert is available to speak to the media about the loss of the executive director of the federally funded commission examining missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
By Media RelationsA UWaterloo expert is available to speak to the media about the loss of the executive director of the federally funded commission examining missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
Lori Campbell — Waterloo Aboriginal Education Centre
Lori Campbell identifies as Cree/Metis, is from the Sixties Scoop and is an intergenerational survivor of the Indian Residential School system. She is the director of the Waterloo Aboriginal Education Centre (WAEC) and the director of Indigenous initiatives at Waterloo. A goal of WAEC is to educate the public about the treatment of Indigenous people in Canada throughout history, a necessary component of reconciliation.
“The MMIW inquiry has been a mess since its inception because it is trying to merge two different sets of expectations. First, and the most vital, is the expectations of the families from which the MMIW originate who want not only to share their stories but also to seek out justice from the system of power that continues to support the ongoing rise in numbers of MMIW. The second, is the interest of the government who is willing to hear the stories, but only in the format and following the parameters they set forth.”
- Lori Campbell
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The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is co-ordinated within the Office of Indigenous Relations.