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The Warrior Within by Mary Black

Mary Black Posted On March 15, 2022

Flashbacks of the comforting burn of liquor on the back of my tongue; the taste invasive like blood in my mouth. Memories envelop me All I see is red My body is trembling, vigorously shaking, as I recall the pressure […]

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The 2018 Woodrow Lloyd Lecture

Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On December 26, 2017

Exciting news! The 2018 Woodrow Lloyd Lecture (February 15) will feature Mi’kmaw lawyer, author, and social justice activist Pam Palmater. Palmater will speak about the difficult institutional and economic work of true reconciliation. Sneak peek: https://www.uregina.ca/arts/public-lectures/lloyd-lecture.html

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Residential schools and missing children

Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On December 5, 2017

The Decolonizing Lens invites you to our residential schools and missing children program where four films will be screened at the Cinematheque with a panel of special guests. Films will begin at 7PM. Discussion panelists include: Graham Constant, Raymond Frogner, […]

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These Are My Words: Acclaimed author’s childhood experience at residential school

Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On November 15, 2017

Ruby Slipperjack attended the Shingwauk Residential School in Sault Ste. Marie when she was 12 yrs old By Christina Jung, CBC News Posted: Nov 15, 2017 8:30 AM ET Last Updated: Nov 15, 2017 4:29 PM ET A member of the […]

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This Residential School Survivor And Worker Reunited 70 Years Later

Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On July 22, 2017

Thousands of Indigenous kids were taken from their homes to be assimilated. This is Geraldine’s story. Posted on July 21, 2017, at 11:18 a.m. Colin Graf BuzzFeed Contributor Geraldine Robertson, right, in 1946. The young girl smiles broadly in the […]

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Survivors hold reunion at little-known Winnipeg residential school

Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On June 23, 2017

Assiniboia Indian Residential School operated in the River Heights neighbourhood from 1958-72 CBC News Posted: Jun 23, 2017 6:58 PM ET Last Updated: Jun 23, 2017 6:58 PM ET Jane (McCallum) Glennon waits to take a tour of the former […]

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How Senator Murray Sinclair responds to why don’t residential school survivors just ‘get over it’

Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On April 6, 2017

This special edition of The Current is a public forum held at the Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., across the river from Parliament Hill. The forum explored the work of the national inquiry into MMIWG and connected that […]

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Head of inquiry into residential schools says Ottawa lags on commitments

Mel Cook Crate Posted On March 16, 2017

GLORIA GALLOWAY OTTAWA — The Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Mar. 14, 2017 8:19PM EDT The Liberal government has made a lot of promises on reconciliation between Canada’s Indigenous peoples and the rest of the country, but has a long way to go […]

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