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A park in Winnipeg, located next to the site of a former residential school, has been renamed to honour the work of tireless advocate and residential school survivor Ted Fontaine.
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WINNIPEG A residential school survivor and author who was an instrumental name in the reconciliation conversation has died. Theodore (Ted) Fontaine died at the age of 79-years-old. The former chief of Sagkeeng First Nation was among the authors of a book titled Did You See Us which shed light on the life children faced at an urban residential school in Winnipeg. Fontaine also authored Broken Circle, the Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools . In a statement on Facebook, the Southern Chiefs Organization (SCO) said Fontaine was a survivor of the Fort Alexander and Assiniboia Indian Residential Schools. Ted was a leader who held many senior positions, including being instrumental in negotiating the national employment equity settlement with the Canadian Human Rights Commission, the statement from SCO reads.