Chief Dr Robert Joseph
Chief Dr Robert Joseph, OBC, OC is a Hereditary Chief of the Gwawaenuk people, Ambassador for Reconciliation Canada, Chair of the Native American Leadership Alliance for Peace and Reconciliation, and the 2016 winner of the Indspire Lifetime Achievement Award. He has worked with social change leaders around the globe, including South Africa, Israel, Japan, and the US, was Executive Director of the Indian Residential School Survivors Society, and is an honorary witness to Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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What People Are Saying
“There is no more important task for Canadians than to hear the voices of Indigenous people. This is humanity’s collective responsibility—to face uncomfortable, sometimes horrific truths, to educate ourselves, to listen, to reflect, to learn, and to act with newfound awareness and sensitivity.
Chief Joseph’s journey reminds us all that the path to future peace must pass through reconciliation of our past. And that all humans are equal, all humans are humans.
— Lieutenant- General (Retd) the Honourable Roméo Dallaire