Dr. Marie Wilson: “Put the Children Back to the Centre Of the Circle” - REDx Talks Series
Catalogue Number: RX0024
Producer: Eccentricus Imagery Productions
Producing Agencies: iiniistsi Treaty Arts Society
Subject: Canadian History, Canadian Social Issues, Canadian Social Studies, Canadian World Studies, First Nations Studies, Guidance, Indigenous Issues, Indigenous Peoples, Social Issues, Social Sciences, Sociology
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2016
Running Time: 20:00
Closed Captions: Yes
Dr. Marie Wilson was one of the three Commissioners chosen to lead the historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, probing into the history and impacts of more than a century of forced residential schooling for Indigenous children. She discusses the powerful voices she heard from residential school survivors, their healing process and the “truths” they spoke. We hear some of their interviews.
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