Announcements

Survivor Truths: Residential Schools, Art, and Reconciliation – New school program

Survivors of Alberni Indian Residential School Chuck August, (L-R) Gina Laing (C) and Dennis Thomas of Port Alberni holds up their painting at The Canadian History Museum June 1, 2015 in Gatineau, Quebec. Photo by Dave Chan.

The Canadian Museum of History has created a new school program in collaboration with the Alberni Residential School Survivors Art and Education Society and Indigenous artist, master carver, filmmaker, and intergenerational Survivor Carey Newman (Hayalthkin’geme).

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New Online Resource: “Survivor Truths: The Art of Reconciliation,” launching October, 2024

Alberni Indian Residential School Survivors hold their artwork at a Truth and Reconciliation Commission-funded repatriation ceremony. Port Alberni, British Columbia. Photo by Devin Tepleski, March 30, 2013.

In collaboration with Dr. Andrea Walsh (University of Victoria, Anthropology), the Canadian Museum of History has created a new online resource to support learning about residential schools through arts engagement.

Find more information here.