Going forward together in a good way through art – Anishinabek News

October 22, 2025

ORILLIA — Artists and volunteers were expecting the last big reveal in the fourth round of art creation in the Call to Action #83 Art Project. But it was decided in a community circle afterwards that the successful Call to Action #83 Art Project of Simcoe County must continue.

In 2015, Mary Lou Meiers was present when the Honourable Murray Sinclair-baa, the then Chief Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, delivered the final report in Chippewas of Rama First Nation.

“He presented us with four universal human Questions: Where do I come from? Where do I go after this life? Why am I here? Who am I? The Residential Schools and their legacy have impaired the normal cultural continuity that would have guided the Indigenous children to answer those questions in a genuine manner. It has also given a false sense of the full truth to the settlers when they answer those universal questions. The report has given settlers and their institutions 94 tasks to rectify Canada’s governance in a good way so we can all answer those questions in full truth and go forward together, in respect, friendship, and peace.”