(Ottawa, ON) – June 26, 2023 – The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) is grateful to Connect Partnership Group Ltd. for inviting us to Forward Summit 2023 as their official nominated charity, where we hosted an info table, collected donations to support our mission of promoting healing and Reconciliation, and met with future partners.

Forward Summit is a major two-day event that brings together Indigenous leaders and senior members from a variety of industries across Canada to participate in a national conversation about workforce and economic development, and to produce a charter that both Indigenous leaders and their Industry counterparts design and implement.

“Supporting the great work that the Legacy of Hope Foundation does is one of the most meaningful things we can do as an organization. By educating ourselves and others about the experiences and ongoing challenges of Indigenous Peoples, we can help lay the foundations for a more just and equitable society,” said Miki Reeder, President & CEO, Forward Summit.

“Working with allies like Miki Reeder and his team at Forward Summit is one of the concrete actions that we can take to positively impact the socioeconomic impacts for Indigenous Peoples while educating Canadians about what Indigenous Peoples have experienced in Canada,” said Teresa Edwards, LHF Executive Director and In-House Legal Counsel.

The LHF is a national, Indigenous-led, charitable organization that has been working to promote healing and Reconciliation in Canada for over 23 years. The LHF’s goal is to educate Canadians about Indigenous history and existing impacts on generations of Indigenous Peoples from their time in Residential and Day School and the Child Welfare System. The LHF works to encourage people to address ongoing discrimination and injustice in order to contribute to the equity, dignity, and respectful treatment of Indigenous Peoples and to foster Reconciliation.

The LHF has close to 30 educational exhibitions that promote awareness of Indigenous history that are free to borrow and is working on making exhibitions available online. LHF also has curriculum for K-12 and for adults, along with Activity Guides, Workshops and Training, and Podcasts all aimed at educating Canadians about Indigenous history and the shared history of Residential and Day Schools, the Child Welfare System, etc. The LHF works to develop empathy and understanding so as to eliminate racism against Indigenous Peoples.

To learn about Forward Summit, please visit: https://forwardsummit.ca/

To register for Forward Summit EAST, September 27-28 please visit: https://forwardsummit.ca/forward-summit-east-2023/