Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s 카지노게임사이트 Library is now host of the Witness Blanket, a powerful, large-scale art piece on loan from Canada카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Museum of Human Rights that represents Indigenous resilience and symbolizes ongoing reconciliation efforts. Inspired by a traditional woven blanket, the piece is crafted from over 800 items reclaimed from residential schools, churches, government buildings, and traditional and cultural structures from across Canada. It invites viewers to bear witness 카지노 게임 컬렉션� to learn this important history and ensure that it is not forgotten. 

The exhibition honours more than 150,000 Indigenous children who were forced into residential schools between 1870 and 1996, seeks to build a better understanding of Canada카지노 게임 컬렉션�s past, and re-affirms our commitment to a more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and anti-racist society. 

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Libraries have a responsibility to share the true history of what happened at residential schools, as well as the ongoing, intergenerational trauma they caused,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Mark Asberg, Vice-Provost and 카지노게임사이트 Librarian. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�We are honoured to welcome the Witness Blanket to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s and encourage campus community members to engage with this important opportunity to learn, and to support both , as well as our university카지노 게임 컬렉션�s own commitment to truth and reconciliation.카지노 게임 컬렉션� 

The piece was created by master carver Carey Newman (Hayalthkin카지노 게임 컬렉션�geme). He and his team collected items카지노 게임 컬렉션�including letters, photos, books, clothing, building fragments, and other items카지노 게임 컬렉션�from sites in every province and territory in Canada, travelling a combined 200,000 kilometres, visiting 77 communities, and meeting with more than 10,000 people. Each object comprising the Witness Blanket represents a story from a specific time and place, and together they tell a sweeping history of residential schools and Indigenous experiences. 

카지노 게임 컬렉션�There is a large importance in allowing Indigenous history, Indigenous voices and Indigenous artists to reclaim space and narratives, especially in institutions like Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Mika Henry, Acting Associate Director, Office of Indigenous Initiatives. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�While the history of Canada카지노 게임 컬렉션�s residential school system is a story of cultural genocide and colonialism, this art exhibit is highlighting more narratives카지노 게임 컬렉션�sharing stories from far and wide as an act of reclamation and resurgence.카지노 게임 컬렉션� 

This is the first time the Witness Blanket has been exhibited at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s. All members of the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s and Kingston communities are welcome to visit the display during . It will be on display in until the first week of June 2024, before it travels to its next destination. 

Learn more about the and about Indigenous Initiatives at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s. 

If you are a residential school survivor or family member in need of emotional support, a is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.