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The Story of a National Crime
Peter Henderson Bryce was a medical doctor, civil servant and public health expert. In 1907, after surveying 35 residential schools, he submitted a report to the Department of Indian Affairs detailing clear connections between Residential Schools, tuberculosis and high student mortality rates. His recommendations fell on deaf ears and would not be revealed publicly until he was forced to retire. Fifteen years after his initial report, he published an 18-page “appeal for justice”—a pamphlet containing his findings and recommendations, and condemning the government’s lack of action to address illness and death in the Residential School System and First Nation communities. Indigenous peoples continued to experience disproportionate impacts of tuberculosis for years to come. Eventual federal intervention involved a confusing web of enforced medical care leaving Survivors and patients’ families to seek answers and closure.
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Since 2000, we have worked with Survivors, Indigenous communities, researchers, curators, and educators to develop educational resources to increase public awareness and knowledge of the history and effects of the Residential School System and the ongoing experiences Indigenous Peoples continue to face. Our projects include mobile exhibitions, websites, applications, publications, and several bilingual curriculums, including a program called Generations Lost–The Residential School System in Canada.
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This enchanting hand-carved Canadian Mindful Maple Leaf™ Pocket Stone is the perfect reminder to take time to be in the moment. Nestled in the palm of your hand, you will be mesmerized by the magical labradorescence likeness of the Northern Lights granting you time to focus on positive thoughts and intentions.
SimpliCanada has developed a distinctly Indigenous artisanal collaboration project that will support Residential School Survivors through the Legacy of Hope Foundation. Each Mindful Maple Leaf is a uniquely carved labradorite pocket-stone produced at a Nunatsiavut-based workshop that adheres to the Indigenous principles of artists and crafts people.
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The Legacy of Hope Foundation Presents – Roots & Hoots Episode 50: Featuring Natasha Fisher
The Legacy of Hope Foundation Presents – Roots & Hoots Episode 50: Featuring Natasha Fisher (Ottawa, ON) – April 3, 2024 – On this week’s episode of Roots and Hoots, host Gordon sits down with Natasha Fisher, an Ojibwe and Finnish singer, songwriter, and producer from Long Lake #58 First Nation. Natasha’s wisdom coupled with a delightful sense of joy and down-to-earth personality shines throughout the interview as she and Gordon discuss her community, her music and upcoming projects and the experiences that have helped shape her into the woman she is today. Natasha’s lifelong love for music has been a tool for connection and comfort. She shares how her dad’s love of 60’s and 70’s music would reverberate through the household, and still today when she goes back to visit. She shares how music has helped her to identify her voice and feelings, and to find the right words to say. Writing has also been a way that Natasha has grown and healed herself through life. In her early twenties, Natasha found herself living in Toronto and looking for a sign as to what her next step should be. No less than an hour later, her cousin Classic Roots called her with the opportunity to be a part of the Reach for Life tour where she would take on the role of delivering music workshops and public speaking to Indigenous youth in Northern communities. While this role took her outside of her comfort zone, she rose to the challenge and embraced the opportunity