A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
STOUGHTON – Brian McArthur, a talented Indigenous artist from Ocean Man First Nations (OMFN), has transformed a challenging chapter of his life into a profound source of inspiration for his artwork. At first, he did not know this was going to help him. McArthur went to a residential school from Grades 1-8, and he said […]
We talk with artist Gary Miller. His current exhibit at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center – “Our Path Forward” – expresses his experience as a child inmate at the Mohawk Institute*, a residential school in Canada. He joins us for the hour to tell his story. Gary Miller, artist and former child inmate of the […]
Kids across the country will hear difficult and traumatic stories about residential schools later this month. Every year on Sept. 30, classrooms mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day. From 1831 to 1996, more than 150,000 First Nations, Métis and Inuit children were sent to schools that were designed to remove […]
Tanya Talaga is the author of Seven Fallen Feathers, All Our Relations and now, The Knowing, an intimate exploration of her family’s experience with residential schools. A member of Fort William First Nation in Northern Ontario, Talaga spent nearly 25 years as a reporter for the Toronto Star covering city hall and Queen’s Park…
