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Jesse Wente is an Ojibwe broadcaster, curator, producer, activist, and public speaker.

He is Head of TIFF Cinematheque, where he oversees the historical film programme year–round at TIFF Bell Lightbox. An outspoken advocate for Indigenous rights and First Nations, Métis, and Inuit art, he has spoken at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, the Canadian Arts Summit, CMPA’s Prime Time, and numerous universities and colleges.

He appears weekly on CBC Radio One’s Metro Morning and recently curated a series of five short films for CBC Arts titled Keep Calm and Decolonize. Wente currently serves on the Board of Directors for both the Toronto Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts.

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Average rating: 4.37 · 4,231 ratings · 473 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance 4.38 avg rating — 4,180 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“When racism doesn't harm you personally, noticing it requires conscious effort, or at least empathy -- just as acknowledging that you benefit from racism requires you to acknowledge its existence.”
― Jesse Wente, Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance

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“Cultural appropriation is an act of immaturity. Canada needs to grow out of it.”
― Jesse Wente, Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance

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“We were here long before you, Canada. We will be here long after.”
― Jesse Wente, Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance

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