Faith & Right Relationship, A Feast

Saturday, September 19, 2026
6:30 PM 9:30 PM 18:30 21:30
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Faith & Right Relationship
An Indigenous Call Toward Reconciliation

hosted by The Canadian Learning Community for Decolonization
and Innovation in Theological Education of
NAIITS: An Indigenous Learning Community

September 19, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Winnipeg, MB

Calvary Temple Church
400 Hargrave St,
Winnipeg, MB R3B 3A8

Join the Canadian Learning Community for Decolonization and Innovation in Theological Education to celebrate together with a Feast. Through feasting, conversation, music and dance, we will gather to explore Faith & Right Relationship. Join us to hear about the work of the Canadian Learning Community for Decolonization and Innovation in Theological Education, and Niigaan Sinclair will offer a keynote address. A portion of ticket sales will support the Elijah Harper Education Fund to benefit Indigenous students pursuing theological education in Canada.

The Canadian Learning Community for Decolonization and Innovation in Theological Education (CLC) is a collaborative initiative to approach education and ministry from an Indigenous perspective rooted in right-relationship with a heart towards reconciliation.

This Feast is a fundraiser for the Elijah Harper Education Fund.

Keynote Speaker:

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Dr. Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair

Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair is Anishinaabe (St. Peter's/Little Peguis) and an Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba. He is a regular commentator on Indigenous issues on CTV, CBC, and APTN, and his written work can be found in the pages of The Exile Edition of Native Canadian Fiction and Drama, newspapers like The Guardian, and online with CBC Books: Canada Writes. Niigaan is the co-editor of the award-winning Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water (Highwater Press, 2011) and Centering Anishinaabeg Studies: Understanding the World Through Stories (Michigan State University Press, 2013), and is the Editorial Director of The Debwe Series with Portage and Main Press.

Niigan obtained his BA in Education at the University of Winnipeg, before completing an MA in Native- and African-American literatures at the University of Oklahoma, and a PhD in First Nations and American Literatures from the University of British Columbia.