Flags lowered in honour of Senator Murray Sinclair

McMaster’s flags will be lowered to half-mast on Sunday, November 10 in honour of Senator Murray Sinclair, who passed away on November 4.

An Anishinaabe senator, Manitoba’s first Indigenous judge, and a companion of the Order of Canada who led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), Sinclair was an extraordinary leader, a powerful advocate for human rights, and a champion of truth and justice for Indigenous peoples.

Bernice Downey, Associate Dean, Indigenous Health, shares her personal reflection on Senator Sinclair here.

Read Senator Sinclair’s official obituary here.

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<p style="font-weight: 400;">McMaster’s flags will be lowered to half-mast on Sunday, November 10 in honour of Senator Murray Sinclair, who passed away on November 4.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">An Anishinaabe senator, Manitoba’s first Indigenous judge, and a companion of the Order of Canada who led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), Sinclair was an extraordinary leader, a powerful advocate for human rights, and a champion of truth and justice for Indigenous peoples.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Bernice Downey, Associate Dean, Indigenous Health, shares her personal reflection on Senator Sinclair <a href="https://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/his-position-was-that-education-would-pave-the-way-to-reconciliation-in-memory-of-murray-sinclair/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-outlook-id="ef539d09-6104-4de7-9727-e36c6c9fa576">here</a>.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Read Senator Sinclair’s official obituary <a href="https://sincmurr.com/2024/11/06/official-obituary-for-the-honourable-murray-sinclair-1951-2024/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGbN-JleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQVbaxCJhOo7XAXHPu4Ig6prwKT16EYDGD8lA-7ICelNp-s20g8zbB3N0A_aem_LwmCKNwEWvjAo2l4AUyJqA" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-outlook-id="ddb9d8d5-b360-49f8-af61-1ae301f55bb4">here</a>.</p>

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