Residential school survivors in N.S. share stories in new video for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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Residential school survivors in Nova Scotia are sharing their stories in a new video to mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30th.
Residential school survivors in Nova Scotia are sharing their stories in a new video to mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30th.
They say the project serves as a testament to the resiliency of survivors and ensures the legacy of residential schools is not forgotten.
“Mikwite’tmek, We remember: Shubenacadie Indian Residential School” was created through a partnership between the Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre and Parks Canada. The video features the voices of several survivors, including Dorene Bernard.
She was a student at the Shubenacadie Residential School from age 4 to 10. The facility was in operation from 1929 to 1967 and was the only residential school in the Maritimes.
It was created by the Canadian government and run by the Catholic Church under a national, colonial policy aimed at assimilating students through prohibiting their culture and languages.
Bernard and her siblings — older and younger — were at the school, Bernard says.
“We came in stages, but we all left together, and we stayed together. We’re very close.”
She says the new film is a way to honor the resiliency of all the children who survived the schools and the people who kept their culture and language alive.
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