Legacy of Hope Foundation Gratefully Acknowledges Community Contributions to Build the Bi-Giwen Exhibition Crates (OTTAWA, ON) October 21, 2019 – The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) gratefully acknowledges the contributions of The Home Depot Canada Foundation, Odawa Native Friendship Centre, Ladedo Visual Concepts, Algonquin Landscaping and Property Maintenance, and three Indigenous youth

Legacy of Hope Foundation Honours and Acknowledges the Inquiry of the MMIWG and its Final Report (Ottawa, ON) June 27, 2019 – The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) is pleased to announce a new project entitled, Waniskahtan – Honouring the Lives and Legacies of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and

The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) would like to acknowledge and honour all of the Commissioners, the staff, the Elders and Knowledge-Keepers, as well as the Survivors, families, and communities who participated to bring this inquiry to its conclusion. The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls was launched in 2016, running for three years to produce its Final Report, released on Monday, June 3, 2019.

The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) congratulates Dr. Cindy Swanson on completing her Doctor of Philosophy in Elementary Education (Ph.D.) from the Centre for Research for Teacher Education and Development (CRTED) in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. Her research was a Narrative Inquiry alongside the Familial Curriculum Making Experiences of Urban Indigenous Children and Families.

The Legacy of Hope Foundation applauds the recent use of negotiation by the Federal Government to settle a class-action lawsuit for former Indigenous students of Day Schools instead of attempting to resolve it by litigation. This class-action lawsuit was launched by the Indigenous Peoples (and their families) who attended these Day Schools and suffered harms and traumas as a result.

The Legacy of Hope Foundation congratulates Dr. Marlyn Cook on her National Indspire Award (Health 2019) for her 30 years of service as a family physician on reserve lands. Not only has Dr. Cook long-served her community but she was the first ever Cree woman to graduate from the University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine as a Doctor.

The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) was heartened to hear that Premier Scott Moe made a formal apology to Survivors of the Sixties Scoop in Saskatchewan earlier this week.

Today, the Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) joins the community in mourning the passing of Lesley Parlane, a young Indigenous woman, passionate artist and creative story-teller, whose life was cut short.

The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) Executive Director and In-House Counsel Teresa Edwards is profoundly disappointed with the new Ontario Government’s announcement that they have canceled curriculum development sessions on Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation that were set to begin yesterday.