October 24, 2019 – As part of its 2019 Fall Convocation ceremony, 51污漫 will recognize and celebrate the remarkable career and achievements of Cindy Blackstock, who will receive a Doctorate of Laws (honoris causa).
Dr. Cindy Blackstock
A member of the , Cindy is honoured to serve as the Executive Director of the and a professor at . She has over 30 years of experience working in child welfare and Indigenous children’s rights and has published more than 75 articles on topics relating to reconciliation, Indigenous theory, First Nations child welfare and human rights.
Cindy was honoured to work with First Nations colleagues on a successful human rights challenge to Canada’s inequitable provision of child and family services and failure to implement . This hard-fought litigation has resulted in hundreds of thousands of services being provided to Inuit, Métis, and First Nations children, youth and families.
She recently served on the Pan American Health Commission on Health Equity and Inequity and fundamentally believes that culturally-based equity is fundamental to meaningful reconciliation. Cindy is frequently sighted in the company of the Caring Society’s reconciliation Am-bear-rister, , engaging children in meaningful actions to implement the TRC Calls
to Action.