(Ottawa, ON) August 6, 2020 – The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) is proud to continue celebrating its 20-year Anniversary with our new podcast. This week’s episode of Roots & Hoots Gordon Spence, the host, is joined by the President of the Legacy of Hope Foundation’s Board of Directors, Ejinagosi (Richard) Kistabish, where he talks about his life as a Survivor of Residential School and his involvement with the Foundation.

Mr. Kistabish is an Algonquin from the Abitibiwinni First Nation, Quebec, who speaks English, French and Algonquin fluently. He is the former president of Social Services Minokin and has been involved in the field of health and social services at the regional and provincial levels for many years. He served as an Administrator and Manager of the health committee, at Kitcisakik First Nation. In addition, he was the Chief of Abitibiwinni First Nation and Grand Chief of the Algonquin Council of Quebec for two terms. Mr. Kistabish has been published in the Mental Health and Aboriginal People of Quebec, the Green Book Position Paper of the Algonquin Nation on Environmental Issues, and the National Inquiry into First Nation Child Care.

Mr. Kistabish spoke at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Mr. Kistabish was the Vice-Chair of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation and has served as President of the LHF’s Board of Directors since 2002.

“One of my dreams is to have the history of Residential Schools and its impacts as part of a mandatory curriculum within every educational system across Canada.” said Ejinagosi (Richard) Kistabish, President of the LHF Board of Directors.

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The LHF is celebrating their 20-year anniversary as a national, Indigenous-led, charitable organization that has been working to promote healing and Reconciliation in Canada. The LHF’s goal is to educate and raise awareness about the history and existing intergenerational impacts of the Residential School System, Sixties Scoop, Day Schools and other colonial acts on Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) Survivors, their descendants, and their communities in order to promote healing and to address racism. The LHF works to encourage people to address discrimination in order to contribute to the equality, dignity, and respectful treatment of Indigenous Peoples and to foster Reconciliation.

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Teresa Edwards, B.A. JD.
Executive Director and In-House Legal Counsel
Legacy of Hope Foundation
Phone:  613-237-4806 Ext. 303 info@legacyofhope.ca