BETTY: THE HELEN BETTY OSBORNE STORY
Last evening’s book launch, for award-winning a
uthor David Alexander Robertson’s newest graphic novel, took place at McNally Robinson Bookstore in Winnipeg. During David’s heartfelt speech in which he talked about the murdered and missing Indigenous women in Canada, he issued a challenge to all readers of Betty: The Helen Betty Osborne Story.
David said,
“The Aboriginal Justice Inquiry talked about the tragedy of inaction when reviewing Helen Betty Osborne’s death and the subsequent investigation. It reveals that many people could have changed things, if they had only spoken up. My challenge to you is to read this book, lend it to somebody, and then talk about it, and spread the truth. If we do it now, one day I hope we won’t have to talk about the changes we can make but the changes that have been made.”
The host, Winnipeg personality, Rosanna Deerchild
The guest speaker, governor general award-winnipeg poet, Katherena Vermette
The talented artist and illustrator, Scott B. Henderson
