by TRC Bobcaygeon | Sep 30, 2021 | TRC Bobcaygeon Events
Indigenous leaders are reminding us that this is a day for solemnity, for reflection, for honouring the dead in a respectful manner similar to how we mark Remembrance Day. People are also displaying their intentions to commemorate all the children that did not make it...
by TRC Bobcaygeon | Sep 29, 2021 | TRC Bobcaygeon Events
On Tuesday September 28th, 2021, sixteen avid readers joined in a circle to discuss “Five Little Indians” by author Michelle Good. The Truth and Reconciliation Community – Bobcaygeon has gathered as a group on several occasions to talk about the books and...
by TRC Bobcaygeon | Sep 24, 2021 | TRC Bobcaygeon Events
The day formerly known as Orange Shirt Day previously remembered on September 30th will now be known as The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This move by the federal government to become a national holiday was one of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s...
by TRC Bobcaygeon | Aug 18, 2021 | TRC Bobcaygeon Events
The 215+ Children Taken Art Installation had a very successful run at the Maryboro Lodge Museum location in Fenelon Falls. Children and adults alike had an opportunity to interact with the stones and talk about what happened and how we want to move forward in a...
by TRC Bobcaygeon | Aug 13, 2021 | TRC Bobcaygeon Events
Five Little Indians by Michelle GoodPublished by Harper Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. 2020 ~ Review by Ann Davidson This is a riveting, raw and haunting novel about five survivors of one Indian Residential School in British Columbia. It is a...
by TRC Bobcaygeon | Aug 6, 2021 | TRC Bobcaygeon Events
When we opened the 215+ Children Taken Art Installation at the Boyd Museum in Bobcaygeon we were moved by the words of Anne Taylor, Anishinaabemowin Coordinator at Curve Lake Community who spoke from the heart to those gathered. She reinforced how important action...
