Mayor and TRC chair to speak at residential school exhibit
WINNIPEG, April 25, 2017: The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) is proud to announce the opening of the Truth and Reconciliation exhibit, which will occur on April 30, 2017 6 .p.m. Winnipeg Mayor, Brian Bowman, will speak at the opening along with Justice Murray Sinclair chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The exhibit will be located on level seven of the inspiring change gallery.
The art featured in the exhibit has been created by Aboriginal artists and represents the pain and suffering of residential school victims. Art pieces in the exhibit include a guitar which was hand painted by Metis artist Christina Belcourt, which represents music as an escape for residential school victims, as well as a means self-expression and healing.
It is exhibits like this that can help the reconciliation process says Justice Sinclair. “For many Canadians outside the Aboriginal community what happened to the victims of residential schools can be difficult to connect with on a personal level. Visual medium such as art can help create understanding and understanding of our suffering from our fellow Canadians will help the wounds between us heal.”
Bowman, who declared …show more content…
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was formed to address the concerns of residential school survivors, tell their stories and ensure that the truth of residential schools was discovered and made public. In 2015, the commission completed the first stage of their mandate with a final report. Their work was transferred to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, 2015), located at the University of Manitoba, which was created to be a permanent home for the resulting archived documents and
WINNIPEG, April 25, 2017: The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) is proud to announce the opening of the Truth and Reconciliation exhibit, which will occur on April 30, 2017 6 .p.m. Winnipeg Mayor, Brian Bowman, will speak at the opening along with Justice Murray Sinclair chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The exhibit will be located on level seven of the inspiring change gallery.
The art featured in the exhibit has been created by Aboriginal artists and represents the pain and suffering of residential school victims. Art pieces in the exhibit include a guitar which was hand painted by Metis artist Christina Belcourt, which represents music as an escape for residential school victims, as well as a means self-expression and healing.
It is exhibits like this that can help the reconciliation process says Justice Sinclair. “For many Canadians outside the Aboriginal community what happened to the victims of residential schools can be difficult to connect with on a personal level. Visual medium such as art can help create understanding and understanding of our suffering from our fellow Canadians will help the wounds between us heal.”
Bowman, who declared …show more content…
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was formed to address the concerns of residential school survivors, tell their stories and ensure that the truth of residential schools was discovered and made public. In 2015, the commission completed the first stage of their mandate with a final report. Their work was transferred to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, 2015), located at the University of Manitoba, which was created to be a permanent home for the resulting archived documents and