In March 2005, based on the success of the WATC archival photo exhibition and with funding from the Canadian Culture Online Program (CCOP) of Canadian Heritage, the LHF and its partners developed an online educational resource, www.wherearethechildren.ca and www.lesenfantsdevenus.ca .   Phase 1 of this interactive website made the photographs from the WATC exhibit available online and allowed users to navigate their way through a virtual reconstruction of the Mohawk Institute in Brantford, ON.

Phase 2 of the website was launched in 2007.   With additional funding from CCOP, the Legacy of Hope Foundation developed a new interactive component to the website that enabled visitors to sit at a desk equipped with a virtual textbook, dictionary, map and timeline.   Given that the website was targeted to students aged 12 to 18, the objective of Phase 2 was to present education material on the legacy of Canada’s Residential School System in an engaging, youth-oriented, interactive format involving the creation of original text and graphics.   This online educational resource receives an average of 20,000 hits per month, attesting to the demand from Canadians, particularly youth, for information about residential schools.

LHF is very proud of this educational resource which has proven to be an important component in the healing journey for many Survivors and Intergenerational Survivors. In collaborating efforts with our partners, we have discovered a new and unique way to engage youth while commemorating Survivors.