Great Gathering 2023 of Aboriginal Peoples and Municipalities of Quebec
| Elisabeth Patterson participated in the 3rd Summit of First Nations and Municipalities during the Great Gathering 2023 of Aboriginal Peoples and Municipalities of Quebec which took place in Gatineau, on unceded Algonquin Anishinabeg territory.
It was a pleasure for her to participate, along with Alia Hassan-Cournol, Associate Councillor to the Mayor and Reconciliation with Aboriginal Peoples on the Executive Committee of the City of Montreal and France Bélisle, Mayor of the City of Gatineau, in a panel on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Elisabeth Patterson demystified some of the legal aspects of the Declaration and its relevance to municipalities. Alia Hassan-Cournol took the opportunity to announce the nomination of Lauréanne Fontaine, Innu from Uashat mak Mani-Utenam, to the position of Commissioner for Relations with Indigenous Peoples for the City of Montreal. |
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At the end of the panel, France Bélisle, Mayor of Gatineau and Serge Bergeron, Mayor of Roberval were pleased to inform the assembly of the adoption by their respective cities of the UNDRIP, six years after Montreal and Val-d’Or. They both participated in the discussion circle highlighting the privileged relationship between the mayors and the chiefs, essential links in the reconciliation process.
Finally, Elisabeth Patterson would like to thank all the panelists and speakers for the quality of their interventions, Mickel Robertson and the FNQLEDC for their invitation to the event and the City of Gatineau and the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation for their welcome. |
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| To find out more, read the article on ici radio-canada (french) : click here. | ||
