Convocation address by Jean Cuthand Goodwill
- CA ON00239 F2619-S9-f3
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- 24 May 1986
President of the Indian and Inuit Nurses of Canada. Recorded at Queen's University, Kingston , Ont., May 24, 1986.
In this convocation address Jean Goodwill recollects some of the difficulties she experienced growing up as an Indigenous girl in Saskatchewan, and of the prejudice she has faced. She notes that support of family and friends is important to attaining goals, and gives thanks to her family and friends. Finally, she urges the graduates to accept fellow human beings readily, and to work together to alleviate social and political problems.