(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 est un important événement de deux jours qui rassemble des leaders autochtones et des membres dirigeants de diverses industries de partout au Canada pour avoir une conversation nationale sur la main-d'œuvre et le développement économique, et pour produire une charte conçue et mise en œuvre conjointement par les leaders autochtones et leurs homologues de l'industrie.

“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.

La FAE dispose de plus de 30 expositions accessibles au public et travaille à rendre ses autres expositions disponibles en ligne. La Fondation possède également des programmes d'enseignement de la maternelle à la 12e année et pour les adultes, ainsi que des guides d'activités visant à sensibiliser les Canadiens à l'histoire autochtone et à l'histoire commune des pensionnats et des externats, du système de protection de l’enfance, etc. La FAE travaille à développer l'empathie et la compréhension afin d'éliminer le racisme à l’égard des peuples autochtones.

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/