Join our first hybrid Indigenous Speakers Series session on Wednesday, September 25th, 2024 from 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM (PST). In this unique session, we are honoured to welcome back Survivors of the Indian Residential School Experience, who joined us in September 2022, and the children of Survivors, who participated in September 2023. Both generations are courageous Survivors of the continuing legacy of this horrific chapter in Canada’s history.
You’re invited to join us in person or via live stream for this transformative conversation between generations of Survivors of the Indian Residential School Experience and to bear witness to how we, as First Nations, understand this important work within the context of our culture, our ceremonies, our spiritual work, and the way that we do things in our communities. You are invited to be a part of our efforts to heal, to come together, to work with each other, and to anchor our commitments to do and be better.
Join us in person on Wednesday, September 25th, 2024 from 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM (PST), for “Coming Home: Honouring the Resiliency of All Survivors of the Indian Residential School Experience.” The event will also be live streamed.
Given the importance and sensitivity of the event, we kindly request that those attending in-person commit to participating throughout the entire day.
Breakfast and lunch will be served by Sage catering during the event.
Moderator
Derek K Thompson – Thlaapkiituup, Director, Indigenous Engagement
Description
The connection between a parent and child is equally sacred and unknown, loving and mysterious, and wondrous and filled with anxiety. Imagine the bond between Survivors of the Indian Residential School Experience and the children of Survivors—both generations are courageous Survivors of the continuing legacy of this horrific chapter in Canada’s history. Survivors and their children continue to work, to heal, to come to terms, and to embrace the adversity in an effort to bring about transformative change in the way we understand, reconcile, and begin anew the resiliency of love and forgiveness for and with each other.
I was honoured to welcome each generation in September 2023 and in September 2022, and I am humbled to welcome both panels back on Wednesday, September 25th, 2024, for a unique, transformative, and once-in-a-lifetime experience to bridge the conversation between generations of Survivors of the Indian Residential School Experience in Canada and British Columbia.
You are invited to bear witness to how we, as First Nations, understand this important work within the context of our culture, our ceremonies, our spiritual work, and the way that we do things in our communities. You are invited to be a part of our efforts to heal, to come together, to work with each other, and to anchor our commitments to do and be better. You are invited to experience the unique features of our culture, our identity, and our sensibilities about this important work. You are all invited to be a part of telling the truth, of reckoning with the truth, and reconciling for the present and for the future.
Topic: Coming Home: Honouring the Resiliency of All Survivors of the Indian Residential School Experience
Date: Wednesday, September 25th, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM (PST)
In person location: The University Centre, 6331 Crescent Road, Vancouver
Live Stream | Register to receive the webcast link
Catering: Breakfast and lunch will be served by Sage catering during the event.
What Will I Learn?
You will learn about the context of truth, reconciliation, and redress from Survivors and intergenerational Survivors of the Indian Residential School Experience in Canada.
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