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Experience a powerful art installation honouring Survivors of the Indian residential school system

Education, Every Child Matters, IRS Legacy Issues, Reconciliation, Residential School, Resilience, Survivor Accounts

GATINEAU , QC , Feb. 6, 2025 /CNW/ – Starting Saturday, February 8, 2025 , the Canadian Museum of History will host The Witness Blanket , a thought-provoking travelling exhibition from the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Through this compelling art installation, visitors are invited to bear witness to the stories of Survivors, reflect on the legacy of the Indian residential school system, and consider […]

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Hudson Bay, Sask., school brings kokum’s teachings into reconciliation efforts

Reconciliation, Resilience

When Corinne Severight is asked to come to speak at the school in Hudson Bay, Sask., she always has a batch of fresh bannock with her. Severight, who is from Cote First Nation, helps teach about residential schools, First Nations history and her Saulteaux language because she wants a better future for her grandchildren. “I’ve […]

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Murray Sinclair was ‘heavy with the stories’ of residential school survivors: Tanya Talaga

94 Calls To Action, Resilience, Survivor Accounts

Murray Sinclair carried within himself the stories of thousands of residential school survivors, and felt the weight of every single one, says his friend Tanya Talaga. Sinclair, the Anishinaabe senator and renowned Manitoba lawyer who led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has died at age 73. The TRC’s groundbreaking 2015 reports laid bare horrific truths about this […]

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Residential school survivor turned to sketching to pass the time

Resilience

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 […]

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