Dr. Wabanakwut Kinew – Interim Associate Vice President for Indigenous Relations, University of Winnipeg from Cape Breton University on Vimeo.
Watch this. It’s very good. Wab starts out talking about Cpl Cirillo and Tecumseh (!) but moves on to offer good advice not only to young Canadians but to all Canadians.
Wab may one day be the national chief for the Assembly of First Nations. But even if he is not, I hope all Canadians — not just who are members of First Nations communities — might benefit from Wab’s leadership in some way. I do not know know Wab’s politics — I do not know if he is left, right, up, down, blue, orange, etc. — but I like the ideas he has in this speech. He tells these students at Cape Breton University, “Know the history of where you are from” and I could not agree more. Ask your elders. Even if you must put the question to them on Facebook.