Remarks by
The Honourable Anita Neville, P.C., O.M.
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
TEDx WINNIPEG
Desautels Concert Hall, U of M
Thursday, May 29, 2025, 9:00 a.m.
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Fellow Manitobans, visionaries and disseminators of ideas worth spreading, welcome to what is an incubation chamber of creativity and connection.
Today, we are gathered in a community of teaching and learning in the heart of Treaty One land and the homeland of the Red River Metis.
At this gathering, on this campus and throughout this province, we affirm that Manitoba is located on the treaty territories and ancestral lands of the Anishinaabe, Dakota, Dene and Cree nations and the homeland of the Red River Métis; and includes northern lands that were and are the ancestral lands of the Inuit.
As Manitobans and as Canadians we remain committed to working in partnership with First Nations, Metis and Inuit people in the spirit of truth, reconciliation and collaboration.
In our determination to build a better province and country for all, we need to encourage meaningful discussion, exchange of experience and deep listening.
We need spaces – in person or virtual – where we can hear one another and exchange kernels of truth and the treasures of insight.
We need to be open to learning about subjects and experiences we might never have examined before. Each insight we gain from the wisdom and experience of others serves as another piece in a great mosaic of understanding – allowing us to see a larger and more beautiful picture of our world.
Today, in the presentations and breakout sessions at this TEDx event, you’ll have the opportunity to gather many such pieces for your own mosaic.
You’ll hear about a wide range of subjects – from burlesque to artificial intelligence, personal identity to community design, and much more. And I suspect, you’ll form connections with one another and between the many new ideas you encounter.
I would like to thank all of the presenters for sharing their time, personal stories and ideas today. And especially, thanks to Kerry Stevenson and Marney Stapley for organizing a day that I’m sure will stay fresh in all your minds for years to come.
May this day bear fruit in your thoughts and our world.
Thank you. Merci. Meegwich. Shalom.
