TRC-Bobcaygeon
Current Events and Activities
Book Discussion: How to be an Anti-racist
The word Community in our name is important to each of us. We take the time in all of our interactions to build and strengthen the relationships that we have with each other and with others outside of TRC- Bobcaygeon. In the case of discussing difficult topics such as...
Old Gaol Museum Exhibit of TRC-Bobcaygeon Quilted Banner
Located in an historic Gaol built in 1863, the Olde Gaol Museum is much more than a jail — full of fascinating stories and unique regional artifacts. The Victoria County Historical Society dates to 1957, when a group of citizens began collecting, preserving, and...
215+ Taken Art Installation at Maryboro Lodge in Fenelon Falls
The 215+ CHILDREN TAKEN Memorial Art Installation has moved to Maryboro Lodge museum in Fenelon Falls. The Art Installation has had a successful stay at the Boyd Museum and Bobcaygeon Library for the past few weeks. It seemed that there was always someone stopping by...
July 1st: A Day of Conversation
People across the land we call Canada struggled with how to approach Canada Day this year. In Bobcaygeon the committee in charge of these plans went ahead with the a drive-by planned to go past the long-term care facilities in town to bring greetings to residents and...
Vigil with the Stones
Two members of TRC Bobcaygeon sat a vigil that started Wednesday June 30th at 9pm until the morning of July 1st at the Boyd Museum the site of the 215 + Children Taken Art Intallation. This Memorial is so much more than a collection of painted stones. Each one has a...
Rethinking Canada Day
There is a debate across the country about how to approach Canada Day this year. The recent discovery of children's bodies in unmarked and mass graves has brought a new level of awareness to many. Canada Day Celebrations are being questioned as we are being confronted...
Background for the 215 Memorial Installation
Entire Community Mobilized to Remember the Children Taken On our statement TRC Bobcaygeon says... Our purpose as the Truth and Reconciliation Community Bobcaygeon is to foster and develop respectful relationships among Settlers, Indigenous neighbours and the Land. We...
From Mourning to Action – 215 Memorial Art Installation
~Sherry Telford (Co-keeper TRC Community Bobcaygeon) On June 16 th , painted river rocks to honour and remember the 215 children who died at the Kamploops Indian Residential School in British Columbia went on display on the wall outside the Bobcaygeon library and Boyd...
TRC-Bobcaygeon Memorial Tribute
Bobcaygeon community members honour the 215 Indigenous Children found buried next to Kamloops Residential School Upon hearing of the 215 Indigenous children whose bodies were detected in a mass grave beside the Kamloops Indian Residential School in...