Faculty of Education Education News Fall 2013 / Winter 2014 Page 5
Teacher response to the exhibition : “ This exhibition was part of a large unit that we covered on residential schools . Dr . Shauneen Pete challenged our students to create awareness about residential schools . Our students created visual responses ( artwork ) at the conclusion of this unit . Some of their best ideas were to create a monument in memory of those who suffered or to have a memorial day .”
~ Mindy Derkatch , Teacher , Dr . A . E . Perry School
Michael Cappello Survivors Opening Ceremony Roland Kaye setting up the tipis
Challen McKay and Isaiah Roth , Archbishop M . C . O ’ Neill
Five tipis were set up on the Dr . Lloyd Barber Academic Green with the guidance and assistance of Roland Kaye from First Nations University of Canada . The tipis stood on the Green for the 3-week duration of the exhibit . The exhibit was a resource for Faculty of Education instructors to support preservice teachers ’ exploration of the Saskatchewan curriculum and to give students opportunity to reflect critically on the ways that the history and legacy of the residential school system is and is not integrated
100 Years of Loss timeline
across K-12 curricula . Moreover , the exhibit helped preservice teachers make connections to treaty education , reflect upon their own understanding and knowledge of the residential school system , and to consider the legacy of its effects today in both the field of education and the broader Canadian society . The aim of the exhibit and learning materials is to “ promote an understanding of the history and legacy of residential schools , sensitize and educate young Canadians including Aboriginal , non-
Dr . Laurie Carlson Berg , Mindy Derkatch , Eric Yu , Elias Agioritis , and Angela Liu
Aboriginal and new Canadians , challenges stereotypes and contribute to shifting opinions that foster inquiry , dialogue , and action .”
Some Regina school groups participated in the memorial work on the closing day of the exhibit beginning at the exhibit and ending at First Nations University of Canada with a traditional feast in the Memorial tipi . In addition , students from James Daschuk ’ s Bac INDG 100 class provided tours of the exhibit in French .