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Shaping Our Future


Catalogue Number:  810016
Producer:  Kwassen Productions Inc.
Producers:  Sxwithul'txw, Steve
Directors:  Sxwithul'txw, Steve
Producing Agencies:  Kwassen Productions Inc.
Subject:  Arts, Canadian History, Canadian Social Issues, Citizenship Education, Criminal Justice & Law, Documentary, First Nations Studies, Guidance, History, Indigenous Issues, Indigenous Peoples, Social Issues, Social Sciences
Language:  English
Grade Level:  9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin:  Canada
Copyright Year:  2024
Running Time:  23:18


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Shaping Our Future focuses on the journey of inmates at the Wilkinson Road Jail who helped carve a 340-year old cedar log into a strikingly tall totem pole, a project that was spearheaded by Vancouver Regional Correction Centre’s Indigenous cultural liaison Max Henry. Henry brought forward and led the project with help from Tsawout First Nation carver Tom LaFortune, his two brothers Aubrey and Perry LaFortune and late elder Max Henry Sr. The totem pole now stands as a reminder to those on the outside that true rehabilitation is happening inside.


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