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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...
215 Children – What Can We Do?
215 Indigenous Children – What Can We Do “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela With thanks to Ontario Association of Art Galleries for this information http://oaag.org/ Learn more about residential schools and...
Interest in Installation Honouring 215 Children Taken Expands
For some people in settler society, the news of the discovery of 215 bodies buried at the residential school near Kamloops BC has been a wake up call to the horrors of this policy that the Canadian government enacted between the 1870's and 1990's. As parents...
215 Children Taken
On May 27, 2021, the remains of 215 Indigenous children were detected, children who had been buried on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. TRC Bobcaygeon mourns these children and the possibly many thousand more who never...
Two Hundred and Fifteen Lives Remembered
Last week 215 bodies were discovered in a mass grave on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. Ground penetrating radar located the remains of these 215 First Nations children who were victims of Canada's colonial attempt to obliterate the...
Take Action on Bill C-15
Faith in the Declaration is a website dedicated to Bill C-15. This coalition of various faith groups sets out 5 actions you can take, including sending your version of the letter below, to see that the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People's is...
Red Ribbon Campaign
The (CLFN) community is encouraging residents to wear red and add red ribbons to their trees or porches for the National Day of Awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls on May 5. The campaign is also in honour of Cileana Marie Taylor, a...
Red Ribbon Campaign
Truth and Reconciliation Community - Bobcaygeon member Ann Davidson painted the above image honouring MMIWG2S (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and 2 Spirit persons). This version was designed to use as a replacement for your Facebook Profile picture if...