Originally recorded in May 2021, Brad Regehr (BA '93) shares how he reconnected with his identity and culture, and what the future holds for Indigenous rights in Canada. Brad is a member of the Peter Bellantyne Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. A grandchild of a residential school survivor, and a survivor himself of the Sixties Scoop, he's worked in Indigenous law for more than 20 years. In fall 2020, he was named president of the Canadian Bar Association—the first Indigenous president in the organization's 124-year history.

Resources and helpful links

• Watch a video about the purpose and importance of land acknowledgements: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD7Jd2Mnq3U
• Use the Native Land app to learn about the land you live on: https://native-land.ca/
• Listen to a podcast about the Oka Crisis: https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/real-estate-5-oka/
• Find more resources from Waterloo's Office of Indigenous Relations: https://bit.ly/3NoDRKC

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