Where Are The Children
Where Are The Children
Between 1831 and 1996, residential schools operated in Canada through arrangements between the Government of Canada and the church. One common objective defined this period — the assimilation of Aboriginal children.
Forgotten Metis
Forgotten Metis
This virtual exhibition, curated by Gregory Scofield for the Legacy of Hope Foundation, is the online counterpart to a touring exhibition that aims to give voice to the experience of the many Métis children.
We Were So Far Away
We Were So Far Away
In 2008, a group of courageous Inuit residential school Survivors shared their experiences with the Legacy of Hope Foundation with the hope of contributing to the healing process for Survivors.
Generations Lost
Generations Lost
For over a century, beginning in the mid-1800s and continuing into the mid-1990s, Aboriginal children in Canada were taken from their homes and communities and placed in institutions called residential schools.
Bi-Giwen: Coming Home, Truth Telling From the Sixties Scoop
Bi-Giwen: Coming Home, Truth Telling From the Sixties Scoop
The first of its kind, this exhibition explores the experiences of Survivors of the Sixties Scoop, which began in the 1960s, where Indigenous children were taken from their families, oft en forcibly and fostered and/or adopted out to non-Indigenous homes oft en far away from their communities and some across the globe.

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