Author David A. Robertson hopes National Day for Truth and Reconciliation motivates Canadians to learn
In fact, when the Winnipeg writer and member of the Norway House Cree Nation began writing, it felt like something he was born to do.
“I think that’s what stories do, they teach you things and that gift of knowledge is something that helps motivate change,” he says. “And that’s why I focus mostly on children and youth because they have the greatest capacity for change.” His hope is that the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation motivates Canadians to learn every day and to think about their own roles and what they can do on that path.Brian Thomas Isaac, whose debut novel,was longlisted for this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize, will spend the federally recognized day with his wife at their home near Falkland, B.C.
“To me, the rise of Indigenous storytelling might be better called the rise of non-Indigenous people paying attention and listening to the stories,” he says. “Now that Indigenous people have been writing and becoming published, there are more and more people who want to read it.”
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