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Please check out these amazing voices and projects!
Where Are the Children?Fern Plant
Amazing and dynamic timeline showing the evolution of residential schools. A part of the "Where Are the Children?" exhibition
Creating a Video
Mi'kmaq performers discuss working with rapper Classified on a music video that touches on MMIWG
The Secret Path
A joint project between Gord Downie and Jeff Lemire that tells the sad and lonely death of Chanie Wenjack as he tried to escape home from an IRS
Tia Wood Red Dress Special
Video of Tia Wood's Red Dress Special at the 2017 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow
Huffington Post
Collection of various articles by the Huffington Post regarding residential schools
CBC: Walking With Our Sisters
Article discusses the moccasin project Walking With Our Sisters
National Post
Various articles by The National Post regarding residential schools and survivors
2008 Apology
A transcript of the 2008 apology from then Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Heritage Minute
The Heritage Minute about Chanie Wenjack, create by Historica Canada
CBC: Brief History
A CBC article that addresses FAQs regarding residential schools
Orange Shirt Day
Website that explains the origins of Orange Shirt Day in honour of the children forced into residential schools
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