Merivale High School is a secondary school located in Ottawa, Ontario. The school is known for its International Baccalaureate student program, and also runs French Immersion programs and visual art, music, and co-operative education programs. The current principal is Jean Fulton-Hale. This donation made by Merivale High School is an important contribution that helps the LHF to promote greater awareness and education on Residential Schools and their impacts on Indigenous Peoples across Canada.

“We are so grateful to Merivale High School and principal Jean Fulton-Hale for their donation to our organization. The work we do, is to ensure that students of all ages, are increasing their education and awareness about Indigenous Peoples in Canada and all that has been endured through the Residential School System and its subsequent impacts. This process of increasing education is so that students can be better informed in their education and build empathy and understanding so as to address racism and foster Reconciliation across Canada. We thank Merivale High School for their support,” says Teresa Edwards, Executive Director and In-House Legal Counsel at the LHF.

The LHF is a national, indigenous-led, charitable organization that has been working to promote healing and Reconciliation in Canada for over 21 years. The LHF’s goal is to educate and raise awareness about the history and existing intergenerational impacts of the Residential and Day School Systems and subsequent Sixties Scoop on Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) Survivors, their descendants, and their communities to promote hope and healing in Canada. The LHF works to encourage people to address discrimination and injustice in order to contribute to the equity, dignity, and respectful treatment of Indigenous Peoples and to foster Reconciliation.

LHF also has curriculum from K-12 and for adults, along with Activity Guides, Workshops and Training aimed at educating Canadians about Indigenous history and the shared history of Residential and Day Schools, the Sixties Scoop, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, etc. The LHF works to develop empathy and understanding so as to eliminate racism and foster Reconciliation in Canada.