Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) is Swampy Cree, Beaver clan, of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation. He is a lawyer, law professor and Fulbright Scholar. Born in West Germany while his father served in the Canadian Air Force, Douglas grew up in small towns across western Canada. He is a frequent contributor to Policy Options and Global Brief and has served as a senior policy advisor to the government of Ontario in the offices of the Attorney General and Aboriginal Affairs. Sanderson is the Prichard Wilson Chair in Law and Public Policy at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. He received the 2021 Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize for his lifetime of work in the field of human rights. A heart-rending true story about racial injustice, residential schools and a path forward