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In the spring of 1945, almost by accident, James Gladstone attended a meeting of the Indian Association of Alberta (IAA). He was instantly taken with the discussions of First Nations’ concerns and problems and immediately became involved. He was elected president of the IAA in 1949 and went to Ottawa three times to discuss proposed…

A civil rights activist and sociologist, Hill left the United States for Canada to pusue graduate studies in 1950. His touch was scholarly, using research and public awareness as tools to combat prejudice. He was a lecturer at the University of Toronto, the first Director and later Chair of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, a…