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Kids News Contributor Isabel DeRoy-Olson talks with the creator of #WeSeeYou day, Dwight Ballantyne. (Image credit: The Ballantyne Project/Facebook, graphic design Philip Street/CBC)
#WeSeeYou day shines light on remote Indigenous communities
Story by Isabel DeRoy-Olson • CBC Kids News • Published 2021-01-11 08:00
Jan. 11 is the first #WeSeeYou day
Growing up in a remote Indigenous community, Dwight Ballantyne often felt frustrated and unseen by other Canadians.
As much support and love he received from family, Ballantyne felt like other Canadians didn’t know he existed.
“From my experience, I always felt like I was invisible,” said the 25-year-old from Montreal Cree Lake First Nation in Northern Saskatchewan. ....

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