Three grade 8 classes at Dolphin Senior School in Mississauga, Ontario, participated in the Project of Heart in the winter of 2013. Students read selections from Shirley Sterling’s book, My Name is Seepeetza (Douglas & McIntyre, 1992), and conducted research on the Indian Residential School closest to them, The Mohawk Institute, in Brantford, Ontario. … Continue reading Dolphin Senior School honours the memory of the students who never came home from the Mohawk Institute →
La première étape consiste à inviter votre groupe d’apprentissage à faire leur propre enquête sur l’histoire des pensionnats indiens au Canada. Voici quelques exemples de questions de recherche que vous pourriez leur poser : Qui a fréquenté les pensionnats indiens au Canada? Qui a fondé les pensionnats indiens au Canada? Quels organismes? Personnes clés au … Continue reading Étape 1 – Enquête sur l’histoire des pensionnats indiens au Canada →
The students in Social Justice 12 at Tamanawis Secondary in Surrey, BC, have garnered National attention with their recent Project of Heart commemoration efforts. The Student’s learned about the history of the Indian Residential School System in Canada before embarking on in-depth research into the Coqualeetza Lake Indian Residential School in Sardis, British Columbia. The … Continue reading Tamanawis Secondary Garners National Attention with Project of Heart →
Once your group has completed all of the components of Project of Heart there are some final tasks that are VERY IMPORTANT to ensure that others learn from the great work that your group did. 1. Prepare a blog for the Project of Heart website to share your group’s experience with the rest of the … Continue reading Step 6 – Finishing up Project of Heart →
St. Pius X Catholic High School in Ottawa commemorated the Aboriginal students from Fort McPherson Indian Residential School (Fleming Hall) in N.W.T. as well as The Federal Hostel (Eskimo Point) in Nunavut. The children who did not make it home from these schools are remembered as through the beautiful creations of the Pius students.
Earlier this month Project of Heart’s Charlene Bearhead (National Manager for National Day of Healing and Reconciliation) teamed up with IRS survivor (and founder of National Day of Healing and Reconciliation) Maggie Hodson, as activists and and facilitators from seven organizations gathered to participate in a compressed version of Project of Heart that the two presented … Continue reading Project of Heart washes over Wild Rose country →
In April 2011 Ottawa teacher Alanna Bell and students in her Native Studies class from Notre Dame High School participated in Project of Heart. Eighteen students decorated 450 tiles, half the current student population of Notre Dame, the percentage of students that would have perished if Notre Dame would have been Round Lake Indian Residential … Continue reading Notre Dame students remember Round Lake IRS →
A few weeks ago Durham District School Board employees completed a Project of Heart workshop under the leadership of Education Officer for Aboriginal Studies, Bill Littlefair. The board office atrium in Whitby was set up to accommodate employees who wanted to know more about their own history with respect to the IRSs, and express their … Continue reading Durham District Education Centre takes on Project of Heart →
On the day before the Prime Minister’s official apology CBC Ottawa asked Project of Heart’s Greta Neepin and Sylvia Smith into the studio to talk about what the apology means to survivors and how the residential school era is being taught in schools like Elizabeth Wyn Wood Alternate Site. The segment includes interviews with Wyn … Continue reading Waiting for the apology: Project of Heart on CBC Ottawa Morning →
