September 30 to December 10
This museum-style exhibit provides a timeline from 1620 to 2011 showing the development of the Residential School System alongside the formation of Canada, the escalation of government policy as it pertains to Indigenous affairs, and the establishment of the Indian Act. It lays out hundreds of years of colonization and settler colonial strategy to eliminate and assimilate Indigenous Peoples for the benefit of settlers and the settler government.
This exhibit also features pillars that outline the Residential School System experience and highlight the importance of Truth, Reconciliation, and healing.
About the Legacy of Hope Foundation
The Legacy of Hope Foundation is a national, Indigenous-led charitable organization that works to promote healing and Reconciliation in Canada through education and awareness about the history and existing intergenerational impacts of the Residential School System and subsequent Sixties Scoop.
Please make time to go through the exhibit for this essential learning. Members of the community are welcome to visit the campus and access the exhibits free of charge.
WARNING: This Exhibition contains subject matter that may be disturbing and/or triggering to some visitors.
Crisis Line
The exhibit contains subject matter that may be disturbing to some visitors, especially to Survivors of the Residential School System. Please call the crisis line if you or someone you know is triggered or experiencing pain or distress as a result of their residential school experience. The National Indian Residential School Crisis Line is available 24-hours a day for former residential school students: 1.866.925.4419