It’s good to see that Thunder Bay Public Library is planning to build relationships with local organisations and buy goods and services from Indigenous businesses.
I hope that this includes deepening and extending the pioneering relationship with Anishnabek Employment and Training Services. This was the first partnership of its kind in the city between an Indigenous and a non-Indigenous organisation. It was a step towards truth, healing, reconciliation and decolonisation and it was of mutual benefit to both organisations.
It was a win-win-win for TBPL, AETS and race relations in a divided city. It is now time to deepen that relationship and take it to the next level.
John Pateman
Thunder Bay
