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The healing game: Residential school survivors found salvation on and off the ice
Mel Cook Crate Posted On May 1, 2017


Residential school survivors found salvation on and off the ice at south Winnipeg Catholic school in the ’60s By: Randy Turner Posted: 04/28/2017 12:51 PM George Kakeway remembers he was wearing “raggedy old pants” and a summer jacket when his […]


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Kamloops artist captures the trauma of residential school on analog film
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On April 21, 2017


By Kim Anderson     Fourth year Bachelor of Fine Arts student Kelsey Jules stands in front of some of her work that will be on display at the graduating students’ exhibition tomorrow, April 21, 2017. (KIM ANDERSON / iNFOnews.ca) […]


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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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‘I’m not a bad person:’ Recognizing impacts of childhood trauma in the justice system
Mel Cook Crate Posted On March 14, 2017


Psychologist says childhood abuse and neglect ‘not only cost the individual, they cost society’ By Curtis Mandeville, CBC News Posted: Mar 14, 2017 6:00 AM CT Last Updated: Mar 14, 2017 6:00 AM CT Michael Abel says childhood abuse fuelled his anger and rage […]


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The Broken Promises of American Indian Treaties, Sewn onto Quilts
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On March 2, 2017


Gina Adams sews text from the American Indian Treaties onto quilts, articulating the deception and violence used to marginalize Native Americans in the formation of the United States. Rachel Elizabeth Jones Gina Adams, “Broken Treaty Quilt: Fort Laramie” (1868) (back) […]


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Residential School Walk will be a healing journey
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On February 28, 2017


St’at’imc survivors of the Kamloops Indian Residential School and their families will embark on a healing journey in March – a four-day walk called Náskan Ūxwal (I’m Going Home) that will take them from the school through St’at’imc territory. The […]


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Why Aren’t We Talking About Native American Students?
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On February 23, 2017


Native American students face challenges; solutions must involve Native input Ahniwake Rose • February 14, 2017 It’s more than a little upsetting that in more than three hours of testimony before Congress on her nomination to be the new U.S. secretary of […]


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Cooking for Reconciliation Pop-up Restaurant Vancouver
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On February 15, 2017


DESCRIPTION Cooking for Reconciliation is a journey toward Truth and Reconciliation using Indigenous foods to create a better understanding of pre-colonial Indigenous culture and the impact of colonization. Our traditional foods have the ability to nourish and cultivate awareness and […]


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Aboriginal Speaker Series: The Brandon Indian Residential School
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On February 4, 2017


«AN INVESTIGATION AT THE BRANDON INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL» FREE, everyone welcome! When: Tue, March 14, 2017. 7:00 PM. Where: Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 149 W. Hastings St. The history of conducting western scientific research […]


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Indigenous Trauma and Resiliency – new Master of Social Work program launched at University of Toronto
Mel Cook Crate Posted On February 3, 2017


Social worker Lisa Charleson works with families struggling with addiction, domestic violence – even suicide – and much of that pain can be traced back to the residential school system, she says. When Charleson, who is Nuu-chah-nulth from Vancouver Island’s west coast, […]


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First Grade 12 class to graduate from northern B.C. First Nations community
Mel Cook Crate Posted On January 29, 2017


Lax Kw’alaams class of 2017 planning grad trip, looking forward to graduating at home Lenard Monkman · CBC News There are nine students in the Coast Tsimshian Academy’s first ever Grade 12 class. (Cora Barak) 10k shares A small First Nations village […]


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“THE HIGHWAY” // Kitsumkalum First Nation, BC
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On January 29, 2017


‘The Highway’ Music Video Raises Awareness For Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women Students from a B.C. First Nation created a heartbreaking music video about missing and murdered indigenous women. The song called “The Highway” was penned by students at the ‘Na […]


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Clouds of Autumn (2015) | A film by Trevor Mack & Matthew Taylor Blais
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On January 21, 2017


A film by Trevor Mack & Matthew Taylor Blais Set on the Tsilhqot’in plateau in the 1970s, Clouds of Autumn focuses on a young Indigenous boy named William and his older sister Shayl whose carefree childhoods are torn apart when […]


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Exclusive: Stephanie Joe talks with Indigenous country singer Tracy Bone.
Stephanie Joe - Editor in Chief Posted On December 24, 2016


Juno nominated Indigenous country singer Tracy Bone is releasing her third album in 2017—and she credits her passion for music to her grandmothers. “Growing up, I had my grandmothers around me—people were always coming by, playing guitar, and playing records,” […]


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Gord Downie emotional as AFN honours him for reconciliation efforts
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On December 7, 2016


KRISTY KIRKUP GATINEAU, Que. — The Canadian Press Published Tuesday, Dec. 06, 2016 4:28PM EST A frail-looking Gord Downie wept openly, wiping tears from his eyes, as indigenous leaders paid tribute to the ailing Tragically Hip frontman Tuesday for his efforts in forcing […]


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Street Education | Michael Champagne | TEDxUniversityofWinnipeg
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On December 4, 2016


Street Education is a form of resistance to Indian Residential Schools. Be aware of traumas ! Michael Redhead Champagne has spent the last 19 years speaking out and leading by example. Recognized in 2015 by TIME Magazine as a Next […]


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