{"id":1414,"date":"2021-06-08T11:26:29","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T18:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/?page_id=1414"},"modified":"2021-06-08T12:25:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T19:25:42","slug":"residential-school-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/residential-school-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"Residential School Inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-6bgh1i-2fe9366893022d60d0451738e8d77296\">\n.flex_column.av-6bgh1i-2fe9366893022d60d0451738e8d77296{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-6bgh1i-2fe9366893022d60d0451738e8d77296 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ep0au-c20256bb07f38f9b6c1e527bae2eb34f\">\n.avia-image-container.av-ep0au-c20256bb07f38f9b6c1e527bae2eb34f img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-ep0au-c20256bb07f38f9b6c1e527bae2eb34f .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-ep0au-c20256bb07f38f9b6c1e527bae2eb34f av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-1443 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-1443 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Residential-School-picture.jpg\" alt='' title='Residential School picture'  height=\"901\" width=\"743\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Residential-School-picture.jpg 743w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Residential-School-picture-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Residential-School-picture-581x705.jpg 581w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-281z3a-091fc9406a7caad60528d96c95622622\">\n.flex_column.av-281z3a-091fc9406a7caad60528d96c95622622{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-281z3a-091fc9406a7caad60528d96c95622622 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-kpod38vp-b6f6e88cc14f263de4cf7afb36c6244a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Residential School Inquiry<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Locally Developed Inquiry Lessons<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The lesson series is good launching point to begin a study of Residential Schools. It begins with front-loading common language around sympathy, empathy and compassion. First co-constructing our thinking and defining these capacities, we then invite participants to look for evidence of compassion in video, photographs and story.<\/p>\n<p>Next we have participants use their understanding of compassion to explore evidence of the Residential School experience. While viewing video clips, photographs, and other artefacts, participants are invited to ask questions, make connections, infer, think critically and communicate what they notice, think and wonder, with a compassionate lens.<\/p>\n<p>We include talking circles as part of the process, to build community, creating a safe environment for sharing and exploring our thinking.<\/p>\n<p>The inquiry leads to exploring the question &#8220;What is reconciliation?&#8221; How are reconciliation and compassion linked?\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<p>Created by Lynn Swift, Doug David, Gail Martindale, Sally Sheehan, Colleen Devlin, Denise Anderson<\/p>\n<h3>Connections to Redesigned Curriculum<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Grade-5-Learning-Standards-Residential-Schools-Inquiry.pdf\">Grade 5 &#8211; Learning Standards Residential Schools Inquiry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Grade-6-RSI-Learning-Standards.pdf\">Grade 6 &#8211; RSI Learning Standards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Grade-7-RSI-learning-standards.pdf\">Grade 7 &#8211; RSI learning standards<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Sample Letter to Parents<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Sample-letter-to-parents-RSI.docx\">Sample letter to parents RSI (Docx)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Assessment:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Post Assessment Reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Invite students to return to the pre-thinking mat (What do you know\/wonder think about residential schools?)<\/p>\n<p>Ask,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How has your thinking shifted?<\/li>\n<li>What have you learned about residential schools?<\/li>\n<li>How can what we learn about residential schools help us to be more compassionate in our daily lives?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Lesson 1: What is Compassion?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Lesson Plan and Materials:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Compassion-Continuum.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Compassion-Continuum.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Compassion-Continuum.png 959w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Compassion-Continuum-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Compassion-Continuum-768x615.png 768w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Compassion-Continuum-705x565.png 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Smallest-Girl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Smallest-Girl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Smallest-Girl.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Smallest-Girl-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Residential-Schools-Inquiry-lesson-1-revised.pdf\">Residential Schools Inquiry lesson 1 revised<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/RS-Inquiry-driving-question.pdf\">RS Inquiry driving question<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/RSI-lesson-1-learning-intention.pdf\">RSI lesson 1 learning intention<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Defining-sympathy-empathy-compassion.pdf\">Defining sympathy, empathy, compassion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Compassion-continuum-2.pdf\">Compassion continuum 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Compassion-think-mats.pdf\">Compassion think mats<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"you poked my heart :(\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yEiA7ZaA6-c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gJ_3BN0m7S8\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Lesson 2: What is Residential School?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Lesson Plan and Materials:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trc.ca\/assets\/pdf\/2039_T&amp;R_map_nov2011_final.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1429 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Residental-Schools-of-Canada-Map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Residental-Schools-of-Canada-Map.jpg 811w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Residental-Schools-of-Canada-Map-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Residental-Schools-of-Canada-Map-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Residental-Schools-of-Canada-Map-705x452.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trc.ca\/assets\/pdf\/2039_T&amp;R_map_nov2011_final.pdf\">Map of Residential Schools<\/a> In Canada\u200b\u200b from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission &#8211; Permission is given on website to print this map.<\/p>\n<p>Also see this Interactive Map and other Map Resources\u200b\u200b from Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Map<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trc.ca\/about-us\/residential-school.html\">Residential School Locations<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Residential-Schools-Inquiry-lesson-2-revised.pdf\">Residential Schools Inquiry lesson 2 revised<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/RS-Inquiry-driving-question.pdf\">RS Inquiry driving question<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/RSI-lesson-2-learning-target.pdf\">RSI lesson 2 learning target<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/What-I-know-about-residential-schools.pdf\">What I know about residential schools<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Residential-Schools-Inquiry-pre-assessment-mat.docx\">Residential Schools Inquiry pre-assessment mat (docx)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/RSI-Boxing-Thinking-Mats-2.pdf\">RSI Boxing Thinking Mats 2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chief Robert Joseph - Part 2: Residential School Experience\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_D2hk7JEQtI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Lesson 3: St. Michael&#8217;s Decommissioning Ceremony<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Lesson Plan and Materials:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Residential-Schools-Inquiry-Lesson-3-revised.pdf\">Residential Schools Inquiry Lesson 3 revised<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/RS-Inquiry-driving-question.pdf\">RS Inquiry driving question<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/RSI-lesson-3-learning-target.pdf\">RSI lesson 3 learning target<\/a><\/li>\n<li>St. Michael&#8217;s demolition ceremony<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Times-Colonist-Article-Boxing-Strategy-with-Text.pdf\">Times Colonist Article Boxing Strategy with Text<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click on picture below for link to original article&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timescolonist.com\/news\/local\/survivors-witness-demolition-of-dreaded-alert-bay-residential-school-1.1767737\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Survivors-witness-demolition-of-dreaded-Alert-Bay-residential-school.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Survivors-witness-demolition-of-dreaded-Alert-Bay-residential-school.jpg 438w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Survivors-witness-demolition-of-dreaded-Alert-Bay-residential-school-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Our Voices, Our Story, a film by Barb Cranmer<\/h3>\n<p>Below is the trailer to a 30 minute video<\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Our Voices, Our Stories - Trailer\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/141833166?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/141833166\">Our Voices, Our Stories &#8211; Trailer<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/cravenstudios\">Craven Studios<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Stephen Harper Apology<\/h3>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Canadian Federal Government Apology to First Nations\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xCpn1erz1y8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Lesson 4: What is Reconciliation?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Lesson Plan and Materials:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/Residential-Schools-Inquiry-lesson-4-revised.pdf\">Residential Schools Inquiry lesson 4 revised<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/RS-Inquiry-driving-question.pdf\">RS Inquiry driving question<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/RSI-lesson-4-learning-target.pdf\">RSI lesson 4 learning target<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What is Reconciliation? Justice Murray Sinclair<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Is Reconciliation\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/25389165?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Also from Murray Sinclair from the Ottawa Citizen &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/politics\/teachings-about-aboriginals-simply-wrong-says-murray-sinclair\">Teaching about Aboriginals &#8216;Simply Wrong'&#8221; says Murray Sinclair\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Student Voices:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Reconciliation Begins with You and Me\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LpYcczGu1Is?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Our Truth: The Youth Perspective on Residential School\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/26128253?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/26128253\">Our Truth: The Youth Perspective on Residential School<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user6187854\">TRC &#8211; CVR<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Some History<\/h3>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"8th Fire Wab Kinew 500 Years in 2 Minutes\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L7LY-fXzhZI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Survivor Stories<\/h3>\n<p>We have found the following from survivors and that some,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>want to talk to children and share their experiences contributing varying levels of information.<\/li>\n<li>change their minds and don&#8217;t want to talk about it anymore or do decide they want to talk it about at some point in their life.<\/li>\n<li>don&#8217;t want to talk about it all.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please be considerate and compassionate to everyone&#8217;s journey and where they are on that path.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200bIf you are unable to have a survivor or intergenerational survivor speak in your class, consider showing the following videos,\u200b<\/p>\n<h3>Project of Heart<\/h3>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Project Heart-Honouring Residential School Survivors - a film by Ed Carswell-720p\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/86519479?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/86519479\">Project Heart-Honouring Residential School Survivors<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user19477298\">Ed Carswell<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Project Heart is the story of an extraordinary school event in Courtenay, B.C. Teacher Susan Leslie leads a school-wide project and ceremony to honour Indian residential school survivors. Leslie organizes storytelling circles, art and inquiry projects, and encourages students to create ceremonial blankets. Verna Flanders shares her experiences as a survivor of St. Michael\u2019s Residential School in Alert Bay, B.C. Project Heart culminates with a school-wide Blanketing Ceremony to honour Verna and four other survivors (Stan Frank, Valerie Frank, Melvin Price, and Dean Littlelight).<\/p>\n<p>This film was inspired in part by Canada\u2019s Truth and Reconciliation events. \u201cReconciliation is an opportunity for all Canadians to renew relationships, based on a shared understanding of our histories and our cultures and walk a path together for a shared tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Our Stories, Our strength\u200b<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Two survivors share part of their story<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Our Stories&amp;hellip; Our Strength\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/27171085?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/27171085\">Our Stories\u2026 Our Strength<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user7689305\">Legacy of Hope Foundation<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More stories from the <a href=\"https:\/\/legacyofhope.ca\/wherearethechildren\/\">Where are the Children, Our Stories, Our Strength<\/a> website. <strong>Preview these stories before showing them to students!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/what-next\/\">What Next?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/what-next\/\">link<\/a> for great websites to help you with your teaching, and knowledge of residential schools and aboriginal history in Canada. 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