National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Legacy of Hope Exhibition – Forgotten: The Métis Residential School Experience & Parks Canada Short Film – The Legacy of the Residential School System: An Event of National Historic Significance & Stratford Perth Museum Artifacts & Orange T-shirts by Howling Moon Aboriginal Arts
Forgotten: The Métis Residential School Experience, an exhibit from the Indigenous-led Legacy of Hope Foundation, will be on display in the FFC Community Room till 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome. The exhibit is supported in part by the Stratford Perth Community Foundation.
A micro-exhibit, on loan from the Stratford Perth Museum, showcases more than 10,000 years of archaeological evidence indicating long-term Indigenous settlement along Stratford’s Avon River, and will be on display alongside the exhibit.
A nine-minute film from Parks Canada, The Legacy of the Residential School System: An Event of National Historic Significance, will play continuously in the exhibition space.
Winona Sands of Walpole Island First Nation and Howling Moon Aboriginal Arts has created the orange t-shirts that will be available for purchase in the FFC Community Room.
Donations welcome.