We Stand On Guard: For Truth and Reconciliation
Digital Media

The students in the Media Arts program at Jean Augustine Secondary School, were inspired by the politically charged work of artist and activist Shepard Fairey. Students chose a Black, Indigenous or Racialized Canadian activist, advocate or leader they found inspiring, conducted research, and created digital art that highlighted their message and image: I chose to celebrate Murray Sinclair for the work he has done as Chief Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. What drew me to him during the initial stages of my research was his ability, first as a lawyer and then as a senator, to balance the law with traditional Ojibwe and Indigenous teachings. Something that struck me not only as impressive but very important and necessary, considering the law was not founded in the favor of Black, Indigenous or Racialized people, and normally works against these groups.

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