Dr. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux is the Chair on Truth and Reconciliation at Lakehead University, ON. Her research and academic writing is directed towards understanding the continuing transmission of unresolved intergenerational trauma and grief primarily within the Indigenous community of Canada. She passionately advocates for practical dialogue between people from diverse cultures and is deeply committed to public education and active youth engagement. Dr. Wesley-Esquimaux sits as a member of the Governing Circle of the National Research Centre at the University of Manitoba, and Was inducted as a Honourary Witness by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.