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"We were so far away..."
Where You Can See the Exhibition
The Legacy of Hope Foundation is proud to announce that the "We were so far away...": The Inuit Experience of Residential Schools exhibition was hosted by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada from June 16 to 19, 2010 at The Forks, Winnipeg (MB).
Please contact us for upcoming tour schedules, or if you would like information about hosting the exhibition in your community.
INFO
In the spring of 2008, eight courageous Residential School Survivors, two from each of the
Inuit geographic regions
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“I lost a lot.
I lost a lot of my culture and parenting and role models.
I gained my education but I lost a lot of me in the process.
I almost didn’t know who I was.
I wanted to be someone else and it took a long time to come back and find my roots, although my parents always taught me a lot about my roots, but I lost it when I went to school.
I didn’t get it back for years.” Marjorie Flowers
The Legacy of Hope Foundation is deeply grateful to Ms. Marjorie Flowers, Ms. Shirley Flowers, Ms. Lillian Elias, Mr. Peter Irniq, Ms. Carolyn Niviaxie, Mr. Abraham Ruben, Mr. Marius Tungilik, and Ms. Salamiva Weetaltuk, the eight Inuit Survivors who generously shared their stories with us. We are honoured to be the guardian of their testimonies, which will educate generations of Canadians and forever be a part of the archive of Residential School Survivor voices recorded and preserved by the Legacy of Hope Foundation.
Read the curatorial booklet
Click here
to view the curatorial
booklet
(English, Inuktitut, & French)
Venues
This exhibition was produced by the Legacy of Hope Foundation in partnership with the Aboriginal Healing Foundation and Library and Archives Canada and was made possible with financial support from the Government of Canada.
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