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<\/a>Sawatsky says he likes Nelson\u2019s idea to develop urban reserves because he sees it as an opportunity for non-First Nations Canadians to be good neighbours to First Nations Canadians.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an opportunity to think about how we can go forward in a more respectful way,\u201d Sawatsky says. \u201cSo much of the land in and around Winnipeg has been promised as treaty land at some point. First Nations people have been waiting around a long time to get their land. For us to figure out how to extend friendship to the First Nations people who were here before us seems to be a good plan.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joining Sawatsky and Nelson on the panel are: Dennis Meeches, Chief of Long Plain First Nation; Deanna Zantingh, a student from CMU\u2019s Graduate School of Theology with an interest in indigenous relations; Kenton Lobe, Instructor in International Development Studies at CMU; and Jeffrey Ansloos, a Canadian born Cree PhD student of Clinical Psychology at Fuller School of Psychology in Pasadena, CA.<\/p>\n
Sawatsky hopes that the event will build confidence in the idea of creating urban reserves.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think some people have questions and concerns about an urban reserve in their backyard, and some of them have nobody to ask those questions\u2014First Nations people are not people they have a relationship with, so they don\u2019t know how to pursue those questions,\u201d Sawatsky says. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to build a space where people can pursue the questions they have.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOn Being Good Neighbours: Urban Reserves in Winnipeg\u201d is the last of six Face2Face events CMU will host during the 2013-14 school year. For details, please visit www.cmu.ca\/face2face<\/a>.<\/p>\n About CMU<\/b><\/p>\n A Christian university in the Anabaptist tradition, CMU\u2019s Shaftesbury campus offers undergraduate degrees in arts, business, humanities, music, sciences, and social sciences, and graduate degrees in Theology and Ministry. <\/i><\/p>\n CMU has over 1,600 students, including those enrolled in degree programs at the Shaftesbury Campus and in its Menno Simons College and Outtatown programs<\/i>. <\/i><\/p>\n