By Shari Narine  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Until systemic racism is acknowledged and addressed there will be little progress made on the 94 Calls to Action outlined in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s report on the legacy of Indian residential schools. “We live in very much a society where racism is endemic and it’s just everywhere,” said Dr. Sheila Cote-Meek, inaugural vice-president of Equity, People and Culture at York University. “Unless we recognize that, I personally feel it’s very difficult to work through reconciliation when people aren’t upfront and being honest with one another and be(ing) truthful about the existence of racism and the existence of these inequities that exist for Indigenous people.” Cote-Meek was one of six Indigenous panelists to participate in a discussion hosted by the Yellowhead Institute

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