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Converging Pathways Mission

Indigenous people have experienced seven generations of genocide through the residential school eras.  Indigenous people today are laying the foundation for the Eighth Fire (eighth generation) to be lit.  The generation to come includes those who make a choice of coming together for community, the environment and to fundamentally shift ways of knowing.

Our Mission

  • Shed light on Canada's history of the Indian Residential School system and the multi-generational impacts left behind.
  • Reconciliation begins with "ME" thinking.
  • Storytelling, gift of voice for Q & A in talking circle.
  • Understanding of misconceptions, treaties and motivation of people for culture, spirituality and language needs.
  • Create a movement [not a commission or process] for truth, reconciliation and restorative justice.  A way to move forward together.
  • Building a sustainable business strategy that supports diversity for future growth and acceleration.
  • Bridging the gap that exists between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people with respect to emotional, physical, mental and spiritual aspects of being.

Indigenous people are Canada's fastest-growing demographic. It is absolutely essential to work out Indigenous issues. From 1870 - 1996 Canada adopted a policy of forced assimilation to "kill the Indian in the child." Indigenous people have experienced seven generations of loss of language and culture where physical, emotinal, sexual abuse and neglect was common. It is time to light the "Eighth Fire".

As Canadians, we share a responsibility to look after each other and acknowledge the pain and suffering that our diverse societies have endured - a pain that has been handed down to the next generations.  We need to right those wrongs, heal together, and create a new future that honours the unique gifts of our children and grandchildren.

Excerpt from Elders Statement and Vision Reconciliation Canada.

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All Roads Home

All Roads Home



Over the course of his incredible career, Bryan Trottier set a new standard of hockey excellence. A seven-time Stanley Cup champion (four with the New York Islanders, two with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and one as an assistant coach with the Colorado Avalanche), Trottier won countless awards and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. In 2017, he was named one of the NHL's Top 100 Players of All Time.

Trottier grew up in Val Marie, Saskatchewan, the son of a Cree/Chippewa/Metis father and an Irish-Canadian mother. All Roads Home offers a poignant, funny, wise, and inspiring look at his coming of age, both on and off the ice. It is a unique memoir in which Trottier shares stories about family, friends, teammates, and coaches, the lessons that he has learned from them, and the profound impact they have had in shaping the person he has become.