80. Reconciling

When Larry Grant talks about reconciliation, he uses the verb reconciling to signify an ongoing, unfinished process we’re all going through. “To not belong was forced upon me by the colonial society that surrounded me,” he says. “But reconciling with myself is part of all that.” The son of a Musqueam cultural leader and an immigrant from China tells the story of his extraordinary life and heritage in Reconciling: A Lifelong Struggle to Belong. Unfolding through a series of conversations between himself and writer Scott Steedman, his memoir brings us from the Musqueam reserve to Chinatown, the site of the Mission Residential School to the University of British Columbia, where he is now the Elder-in-residence. Mirroring the book’s format, Scott will interview Larry on-stage, in a wise conversation with much to teach us.

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Larry Grant

LARRY GRANT is the Elder-in-residence at the Justice Institute of BC and the University of British Columbia’s First Nations House of Learning. He holds a President’s Medal from UBC and an honorary Doctor of Laws from Simon Fraser University. He lives with his wife on the Musqueam reserve in Vancouver.

Scott Steedman

SCOTT STEEDMAN has worked in publishing for 35 years, including roles with Dorling Kindersley, Larousse, Raincoast, and Douglas & McIntyre. He teaches publishing at Simon Fraser University and is co-author of Art for War and Peace. He lives in Vancouver, BC.