Every Child Matters crosswalk unveiled in St. Albert
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A special crosswalk was unveiled in St. Albert Tuesday to honour residential school survivors and children who never made it home.
A special crosswalk was unveiled in St. Albert Tuesday to honour residential school survivors and children who never made it home.
Every Child Matters is painted across the pavement at the intersection of St. Anne Street and Perron Street.
Every element of artist Karlliea Wood’s design has an important meaning.
“I chose a child and the bear to represent courage and healing and strength, and the children are on their way to school,” Wood explained. “The footprints really signify that the bear is guiding them after they passed.
“I chose to have the braids, because that hair is so important in our culture and it was taken away when they went to school.”
Wood’s design was selected as part of a contest.
“Surreal to know I did this, I worked on this,” Wood said.
The project, dedicated to truth and reconciliation, took two years to make a reality.