Indian Day School Exhibition: November 19-26
Join us in the Great Hall from November 19–26 for the Indian Day School Exhibition, hosted by the Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF).
Indian Day Schools are a lesser known subject among Canadians who may be familiar with the Residential Schools System. What is certain and can be attested to by many Survivors of Indian Day Schools, is that the trauma experienced was just as severe as what has been reported in Residential Schools, the only difference being that Day School students went home at night. Many administrators, priests, and nuns who ran Day Schools were transferred from Residential Schools, meaning that they continued to perpetuate abuse in Day Schools, even if parents were able to see their children at night.
The LHF's exhibition includes research-based text, visual displays, historical photographs, and quotes from Survivors of the Indian Day School System.
More than 699 Indian Day Schools were established and operated by the Canadian government beginning in the 1920s, with an estimated 200,000 Indigenous children attending these institutions. The last Indian Day School closed in 2000.
In light of the recent Federal Indian Day School Class Action and government settlement agreement, the Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) seeks to educate and raise awareness about this history to support healing and Reconciliation.
All are welcome.
About the Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF)
The LHF is a national, Indigenous-led, charitable organization that has been working to promote healing and Reconciliation in Canada for over 24 years. The LHF’s goal is to educate and raise awareness about the history and existing intergenerational impacts of the Residential and Day School Systems (RDSS) and subsequent Child Welfare System on Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and Me虂tis) Survivors, their descendants, and their communities to promote hope and healing in Canada. The LHF works to encourage Canadians to address discrimination and injustice in order to contribute to the equity, dignity, and respectful treatment of Indigenous Peoples and to foster Reconciliation.