Steve Heinrichs

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Steve Heinrichs is a Settler Christian from Winnipeg, Manitoba — Treaty 1 territory and the homeland of the Métis Nation. Director of Indigenous-Settler Relations for Mennonite Church Canada, Steve is a student of activism who loves to march with his partner, Ann, and their children, Izzy, Aiden, and Abby. Over the last four years, Steve has had the privilege of editing a number of works seeking to respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action—the latest is Unsettling the Word: Biblical Experiments in Decolonization. In 2018, Steve was arrested and sent to jail for supporting the Tsleil-Waututh’s resistance to the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline.

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