"We were so far away..." - Legacy of Hope Foundation

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"We were so far away..."

Where You Can See the Exhibition

The Legacy of Hope Foundation is pleased to announce that the "We were so far away…” : The Inuit Experience of Residential Schools exhibition is now on display at the Northern Life Museum, Northwest Territories until March 19,2010. "We were so far away…” presents the stories of Inuit residential school Survivors in their own words, illustrated with their personal objects and photographs along with historical photographs from archives across Canada.

Visit http://northernlifemuseum.com/cms/node/17 for directions to the Northern Life Museum.

Northern Life Museum

110 King Street

Fort Smith, NT

Exhibition Viewing Hours

Weekdays from 10am until 5pm, or contact the Museum to make an appointment

Please contact us for upcoming tour schedules, or if you would like information about hosting the exhibition in your community.

Photographer: Donald B. Marsh. The General Synod Archives / Anglican Church of Canada / P75-103-S1-179

INFO

In the spring of 2008, eight courageous Residential School Survivors, two from each of the Inuit geographic regions – Nunavik, Nunavut, Nunatsiavut, and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region – shared their stories with the Legacy of Hope Foundation.

“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.

“It has been a great and humbling honour to work with each of these brave Inuit; it is my hope that this exhibition brings awareness to those who did not know, and may be useful and inspiring to those who are on their own healing journey.” - Heather Igloliorte, Curator

Click here to view the exhibition flyer (English & French)

E-mail us at info@legacyofhope.ca if you would like to be notified when the companion book for this exhibition is published

Read the curatorial booklet

Click here to view the curatorial booklet (English, Inuktitut, & French)

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.

Click here to download the Information Kit Order Form pdf.