(Ottawa, ON) November 10, 2021 – The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) would like to acknowledge the generosity and support of Nintendo of Canada Ltd. The LHF is grateful and will ensure that the LHF continues to raise awareness about the impacts of the Residential School System to address discrimination, promote healing and foster Reconciliation in Canada.

Nintendo was founded in 1889, when they began making hanafuda playing cards in Kyoto, Japan. Since then, their mission has been to put smiles on the faces of everyone they touch, and this is done by sharing their characters, ideas, and worlds, through the medium of video games and the entertainment industry. At Nintendo, delivering the best in-class products and services to customers is as important as investing in the well-being of their employees. Nintendo is accountable to their customers by advancing responsible business practices, supporting human rights, and continuing to reach higher standards as they learn and grow. One of the ways this is done, is by engaging in initiatives that are reducing the environmental impact of their products. You can learn more about that here: https://www.nintendo.com/about/csr/#environment .

“We are so grateful to Nintendo of Canada for their support, as it is making a difference in our ability to increase the availability and access to educational resources about the history and impacts of the Residential School System in Canada,” said Teresa Edwards, Executive Director and In-House Legal Counsel at the LHF. She continued, “by increasing access to education around this important part of Canada’s history, we can move further forward on the path to Reconciliation.”

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.

The LHF has 25 exhibitions that are available for loan for free. One exhibition, Escaping Residential Schools: Running for their Lives, is now available through an animated virtual video, along with the Survivors’ Oral Testimonies. The exhibition examines the experience of Survivors of the Residential School System and raises awareness on the impacts it has on our communities. For more information on the project, please visit: https://legacyofhope.ca/project/escapingrs/ The LHF is working on making its other exhibitions also available online.

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