Walk aims to raise awareness for the suffering of residential school survivors

May 30, 2024

The sound of drums echoed through downtown Winnipeg Thursday at an event held to honour residential school survivors and bring attention to the ongoing suffering advocates say that system has caused to generations of Indigenous people. On Thursday, hundreds took to the streets of downtown Winnipeg for what was dubbed the Survivor’s Walk, and many later gathered at Memorial Park near the Manitoba Legislative Building where there was a sacred fire and drumming. Wayne Mason is the executive director of the Way-Say Healing Centre…