Kinew to head up new indigenous advisory council for mayor – The Carillon
06/22/2015
The sound of fiddle music and hoop dancers filled Winnipeg city hall Monday morning, as Mayor Brian Bowman announced the creation of a new advisory body on aboriginal issues.
The mayor’s indigenous advisory circle will advise city hall on how best to bridge the city’s aboriginal and non-aboriginal communities.
Bowman said the genesis for the advisory council came from the aftermath of Maclean’s magazine naming Winnipeg as the country’s most racist city.
“We need to build bridges in this community,” Bowman said during a formal news conference in the foyer outside his office, as he announced the members of the circle, many of whom attended the morning event.
“Racism affects all people and even if it doesn’t affect you directly, it still affects us and our kids’ future.”
