On 22 June at 12:15 pm CEST, there will be a talk in French – with simultaneous German translation – by Éric Bédard, Professor of History at TÉLUQ (the open university of Quebec). In his talk, he will discuss the origins of French settlement of North America, focussing on what relations between Europeans and the indigenous population at that time mean for efforts towards reconciliation with the First Peoples in Canada.