by TRC Bobcaygeon | Oct 31, 2019 | Archives, TRC Bobcaygeon Events
This past summer the final report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls was released for public scrutiny. After 2 years of gathering evidence from 2,380 family members, survivors of violence, experts and Knowledge Keepers the Report issued 231 individual...
by TRC Bobcaygeon | Sep 26, 2019 | Archives, TRC Bobcaygeon Events
Bobcaygeon’s Vibrant Village Committee of IMPACT 32 facilitated the annual PADDLE PROJECT. Local artists, community groups, businesses, artisans and community members were invited to paint and decorate wooden paddles. All 68 of the paddles were displayed...
by TRC Bobcaygeon | Aug 27, 2019 | Archives, TRC Bobcaygeon Events
Our group had been following the progress of the Inquiry on Murdered and Missing Indigenous women and Girls (MMIWG) in Canada. It was a mammoth undertaking fraught with controversy and we felt that it would be important to inform ourselves on the results. Because the...
by TRC Bobcaygeon | Jun 22, 2019 | Archives, TRC Bobcaygeon Events
We were lucky enough to have the beautiful quilt by the Kawartha Truth and Reconciliation Support Group (KTRSG) at the performances of Cottagers and Indians at the Art Barn in the Fall of 2018. This is a group quilt project by KTRSG members on the legacy of...
by TRC Bobcaygeon | May 24, 2019 | Archives, TRC Bobcaygeon Events
Kaaren Olsen Dannenmann (Ma’iinkan) is an Anishinaapekwe from Namekosipiink in northern Ontario (Trout Lake). She is a mother of three and a grandmother of five. Her life is intrinsically connected to her homeland, her family and her community. She is a trapper and a...
by TRC Bobcaygeon | May 21, 2019 | Archives, TRC Bobcaygeon Events
In this photo co-chair of TRC-Bobcaygeon, Rodney Smith-Merkley and his son along with Rodney’s son’s teacher and a school board employee. Elder Dorothy Taylor and her son Norman were offering leadership, and TRC-Bobcageon was offering support. Also...
