The Legacy of Hope Foundation Calls on all Levels of Government to Find and Honour All Missing Children of Residential Schools Across Canada and to Take Concrete Action
The Legacy of Hope Foundation Calls on all Levels of Government to Find and Honour All Missing Children of Residential Schools Across Canada and to Take Concrete Action (Ottawa, ON) June 28, 2021 – Several weeks ago, the Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) was devastated by the discovery of the remains of 215 Indigenous children that were found on the grounds of the former Kamloops Residential School in British Columbia. We
The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) Presents Episode 5 of Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization – an 11-episode podcast series on Indigenous Language Revitalization
The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) Presents Episode 5 of Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization – an 11-episode podcast series on Indigenous Language Revitalization (Ottawa, ON) June 29, 2021 – The LHF is proud to announce the release of the fifth podcast episode in our new series called, Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization. Today’s entry is with Mabel Metallic, a Mi’gmaq language teacher
The Legacy of Hope Foundation Presents – Roots & Hoots Episode 18: Featuring Dan and Nancy Rubenstein
The Legacy of Hope Foundation Presents - Roots & Hoots Episode 18: Featuring Dan and Nancy Rubenstein (Ottawa, ON) June 22, 2021 – On this week’s Roots & Hoots episode, the Legacy of Hope Foundation’s host, Gordon Spence, is pleased to be joined by Dan and Nancy Rubenstein. Dan and Nancy have lived in Ottawa since 1981. Dan was an auditor with the Office of the Auditor General of Canada and
The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) Presents Episode 4 of Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization – an 11-episode podcast series on Indigenous Language Revitalization
The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) Presents Episode 4 of Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization – an 11-episode podcast series on Indigenous Language Revitalization (Ottawa, ON) June 15, 2021 – The LHF is proud to announce the release of the fourth podcast episode in our new series called Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization. Today’s entry is with Brian Maracle, co-founder of Onkwawenna Kentyohkwa
The Legacy of Hope Foundation Acknowledges and Honours the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation
The Legacy of Hope Foundation Acknowledges and Honours the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (Ottawa, ON) June 14, 2021– The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) acknowledges and honours the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) for their generous donation to support healing through Reconciliation. This $10,000 donation demonstrates the OSSTF’s strong commitment towards the ongoing work of the LHF in educating and raising awareness about the history and impacts of the
The Legacy of Hope Foundation Acknowledges and Honours Kroetsch Family Foundation
The Legacy of Hope Foundation Acknowledges and Honours Kroetsch Family Foundation (Ottawa, ON) June 10, 2021 – The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) acknowledges and honours Kroetsch Family Foundation for their generous donation to support Reconciliation. This $5,000 donation demonstrates their strong commitment to the ongoing work of the LHF in educating Canadians about the history and impacts of the Residential and Day School Systems and the subsequent Sixties Scoop and
The Legacy of Hope Foundation Presents – Roots & Hoots Episode 17: Featuring Christian Spence
The Legacy of Hope Foundation Presents - Roots & Hoots Episode 17: Featuring Christian Spence Ottawa, ON) June 8, 2021 – On this week’s Roots & Hoots episode, the Legacy of Hope Foundation’s host, Gordon Spence, is pleased to be joined by his son, Christian. Christian Spence is a Cree and Inuk man, who has led an adventurous life, leading up to his role as Policy Advisor at Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) Presents Episode 3 of Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization – an 11-episode podcast series on Indigenous Language Revitalization
The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) Presents Episode 3 of Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization – an 11-episode podcast series on Indigenous Language Revitalization (Ottawa, ON) June 2, 2021 – The LHF is proud to announce the release of the third podcast episode in our new series called Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization. Today’s entry is with Zebedee Nungak, an Inuk originally from
The Legacy of Hope Foundation Launches the Waniskahtan Project on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Trans, Two-Spirit, Plus
The Legacy of Hope Foundation Launches the Waniskahtan Project on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Trans, Two-Spirit, Plus (Ottawa, ON) June 1, 2021 - The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) is pleased to announce the completion of the Waniskahtan- Honouring the Lives and Legacies of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and LGBTQ2S+ project. This Exhibition is designed to educate and create
The Legacy of Hope Foundation Demands Accountability and Action for the 215 Children found at the Canada Run Kamloops Residential School
The Legacy of Hope Foundation Demands Accountability and Action for the 215 Children found at the Canada Run Kamloops Residential School (Ottawa, ON) May 31, 2021 – The Legacy of Hope Foundation is heartbroken and outraged to learn of the 215 remains of Indigenous children from the Kamloops Residential School. Whether this was a mass grave or unmarked graves, the facts are the same – 215 Indigenous children’s lives were lost
The Legacy of Hope Foundation Acknowledges and Honours the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario
The Legacy of Hope Foundation Acknowledges and Honours the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (Ottawa, ON) May 27, 2021– The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) acknowledges and honours the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) for their generous donation to support Reconciliation. This $5,000 donation demonstrates their strong commitment to the ongoing work of the LHF in educating and raising awareness about the history and impacts of the Residential and Day
The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) Presents Episode 2 of Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization – an 11-episode podcast series on Indigenous Language Revitalization — FR
The Legacy of Hope Foundation Presents - Roots & Hoots Episode 16: Featuring Anna Lambe, Inuk Actress (Ottawa, ON) May 26, 2021 – On this week’s Roots & Hoots episode, the Legacy of Hope Foundation’s (LHF) host, Gordon Spence, is pleased to be joined by Inuk actress, Anna Lambe who is known for her roles as Sarah in CBCs Trickster as well as Spring from the movie The Grizzlies. Anna is
The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) Presents Episode 2 of Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization – an 11-episode podcast series on Indigenous Language Revitalization
The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) Presents Episode 2 of Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization – an 11-episode podcast series on Indigenous Language Revitalization (Ottawa, ON) May 18, 2021 – The LHF is proud to announce the release of the second podcast episode in our new series called Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization. Today’s entry is with Colleen Omand, a Cree language teacher
The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) Presents – Roots & Hoots Episode 15: Featuring Inuk Rapper Thomas Matthew Lambe
The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) Presents – Roots & Hoots Episode 15: Featuring Inuk Rapper Thomas Matthew Lambe (Ottawa, ON) May 11, 2021 – On this week’s Roots & Hoots episode, LHF host, Gordon Spence, is joined by special guest Thomas Matthew “666God” Lambe, an Inuk rapper from Grise Fiord currently living in Iqaluit. They discuss his upbringing and how he first got into making music. Thomas shares the Canadian
The Legacy of Hope Foundation Joins the Fairbairn House Heritage Centre for an online Lecture on the Impacts of Residential Schools on Indigenous Peoples
The Legacy of Hope Foundation Joins the Fairbairn House Heritage Centre for an online Lecture on the Impacts of Residential Schools on Indigenous Peoples (Ottawa, ON May 10, 2021) The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) is pleased to announce an online event hosted by the Fairbairn House Heritage Centre on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom featuring LHF Executive Director and In- House Legal Counsel, Teresa Edwards. The
The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) Presents – Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization – an 11-episode podcast series on Indigenous Language Revitalization
The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) Presents – Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization – an 11-episode podcast series on Indigenous Language Revitalization (Ottawa, ON) May 5, 2021 – The LHF is proud to announce the launch of a new initiative called, Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization. Beginning today, there will be 11 podcast episodes released over the next several weeks. Each episode is
The Legacy of Hope Foundation launches its latest exhibition: Waniskahtan – to Honour the Lives and Legacies of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Two-Spirit, Plus
The Legacy of Hope Foundation launches its latest exhibition: Waniskahtan - to Honour the Lives and Legacies of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Two-Spirit, Plus (Ottawa, ON) March 18, 2021 –The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) is pleased to announce the virtual launch of our newest traveling exhibition, titled Waniskahtan – Honouring the Lives and Legacies of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and
The Legacy of Hope Foundation’s Mitten Fundraiser
The Legacy of Hope Foundation's Mitten Fundraiser (Ottawa, ON) March 9, 2021 – The Legacy of Hope Foundation has partnered with three Indigenous Artisans who have created four pairs of unique handcrafted mittens to be raffled off in a fundraiser whose proceeds will go to support our education efforts by helping us print off and distribute our new Seeds curriculum for K-6. Each pair of mittens is made using traditional materials
The Legacy of Hope Foundation Celebrates International Women’s Day
The Legacy of Hope Foundation Celebrates International Women’s Day (Ottawa, ON) March 8, 2021 – The Legacy of Hope Foundations (LHF) is marking International Women’s Day by honouring Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) women around the world as life-givers, nurturers and providers and for their continuing contributions to improving the lives of Indigenous Peoples since time immemorial. “International Women’s Day is a time to raise awareness of the many issues
The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) Presents – Roots & Hoots Episode 14: Tommy Weenusk
The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) Presents – Roots & Hoots Episode 14: Tommy Weenusk (Ottawa, ON) February 23, 2021 – On this week’s Roots & Hoots episode, LHF host, Gordon Spence, is joined by special guest Tommy Weenusk, a Residential School Survivor who shares a tragic story that occurred in 1972 when a plane crash claimed the lives of fellow students from his community. Tommy discusses the tragedy and the
The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) Presents – Roots & Hoots Episode 13: Manitok Thompson
The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) Presents – Roots & Hoots Episode 13: Manitok Thompson (Ottawa, ON) February 9, 2021 – On this week’s Roots & Hoots episode, the LHF host, Gordon Spence, is joined by special guest Manitok Thompson who discusses growing up near Coral Harbour, NWT and witnessing the transition from a traditional lifestyle to a modernized way of life, attending Day School and eventually becoming an educator herself.
The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) Presents – Roots & Hoots Episode 12: Featuring Allan Makhagak
The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) Presents – Roots & Hoots Episode 12: Featuring Allan Makhagak (Ottawa, ON) January 25, 2021 – On this week’s Roots & Hoots episode, the LHF host, Gordon Spence, is joined by special guest Allan Makhagak who talks about his experience in Akaitcho Hall Residential School, his work on the Nunavut Impact Review Board and his song writing. Allan and Gordon discuss Allan’s role as part
A Look Back at the TRC’s Final Report – 5 Years Later
A Look Back at the TRC’s Final Report – 5 Years Later (Ottawa, ON) December 22, 2020 – Five years has passed since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) released their Final Report in 2015, which included close to 7,000 statements from Residential School Survivors and 94 Calls to Action that aimed to support Reconciliation efforts in Canada. Progress has definitely been made and awareness is on the rise,
Season’s Greetings from the Legacy of Hope Foundation
Season’s Greetings from the Legacy of Hope Foundation (Ottawa, ON) December 21, 2020 – As 2020 ends, the Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) and all its Staff, are wishing everyone a happy holiday and a healthy New Year! December 21st is the day we celebrate the Winter Solstice. It’s when the sun is farthest from the equator and it is the darkest and shortest day of the year. These seasonal events
The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) Presents – Roots & Hoots Episode 11: Featuring Sixties Scoop Survivor, Kirk Harper
The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) Presents – Roots & Hoots Episode 11: Featuring Sixties Scoop Survivor, Kirk Harper (Ottawa, ON) December 15, 2020 – On this week’s Roots & Hoots episode, our host, Gordon Spence, is joined by Kirk Harper, where they talk about his music career and his experiences in the foster care system. Kirk Harper is a singer and songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is the frontman of