St. Joseph’s Commemoration
http://www.sjmcommemorationevents.com/
This site is the official St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School Commemoration page. It is an overview of all the events that occurred in April 2013 at the Commemoration of the school. Included is the SD27 Pro-D day, complete with a special presentation by Quesnel students and their tile project. It was great to see so many of my students do their part and decorate tiles.
April 28th, marked the viewing of We Were Children, a film written by Jason Sherman which discusses the impact of residential schools by following 2 children (Lyna and Glen) through the residential system. It also invites survivors to share their stories with the TRC (Truth and Reconciliation Commission) in Williams Lake at Thompson Rivers University (North) in May of 2013.
During this Commemoration there is also a Town Hall:
What does reconciliation mean to everyone in the Cariboo Region which was hosted by Justice Murray Sinclair, Conference Chair and Chair, Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
However, the part of the site which interested me most and will probably have the greatest impact on my project is the videos page. It includes 4 videos including the Commemoration, stories from survivors and two videos from William’s Lake Secondary students ‘Survivors from Alkali Lake,’ by Sadie Johnson & Ses Jack and ‘What is Reconciliation?’ by Tiffany Boston. “These stories [were] created to build an awareness and recognition of the residential school experiences of First Nations in the Cariboo region of British Columbia.”
I am not sure how much, if any, of the videos I will use, but they are part of the public domain.
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Commemoration video