Activists are calling on Vancouver to "cancel Canada Day" this year, after the City of Victoria confirmed that it would be cancelling its celebrations.
The 215 pairs of kids shoes on the steps of the art gallery have become a living vigil with people performing, reading poetry and sharing their stories daily.
Shoes force us to confront the legacy of abuse of Native Americans
2021-05-30 17:50:31 UTC
After the discovery of more than 215 Indigenous children s remains at a former residential school in Canada, a shoe exhibit urges people to pay homage to their memories.
This educational system is a dark and, until recently, hidden chapter in Canada s history. From about 1883 to 1996, Canadian authorities separated around 15,000 Indigenous children from their families,
This was all in an attempt to indoctrinate children into the Euro-Christian Canadian society, the report says. But it came at the cost of shattered Indigenous families and the erasure of children s ties to their home cultures.Â
I m a mom, and I can t imagine my child dying at school. I can t imagine a child that I love never coming home, and not getting an answer, an artist said of her tribute.