Hensel Barristers

In recognition of the first federal National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the office of Hensel Barristers will remain closed for today, September 30, 2021. This supports the TRC Call to Action #80 which calls for this day to be a statutory holiday to "honour Survivors, their families, and communities, and ensure that public commemoration of the history and legacy of residential schools remains a vital component of the reconciliation process". Even as we pause today, the essential work we do in Indigenous child welfare goes on as we challenge systems that continue to remove Indigenous children from their homes to this day. Katherine Hensel's words on today below:

"As we turn our minds to the fractured, grieving relationship between Canada and the Indigenous peoples of these territories, the loss of so many little ones, and the harm done to far more, it is also important to keep in mind that we are more than our suffering, more than our traumas (no matter how they have shaped us).

So much is precious to us: our children, our elders, the lands we live on and share, our languages, and cultures. We cherish these, and fight to protect them from harm, and they define us, more than all the losses, all the pain, and all the injustice endemic in colonialism, past and present. They make us who we are."

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