CANADA
Victoria News
By Kyle Wells – Goldstream News Gazette
Published: August 30, 2013
Laurie McDonald is First Nations residential school survivor, having attended the Ermineskin residential school in Alberta as a child.
He witnessed abuse in the form of neglect, physical and sexual abuse of children and emotional abuse.
“All those things were part of it,” said McDonald, an instructor at the Caring for First Nations Children Society in Langford. “It’s not ancient history. And we’re certainly feeling the affects of it.”
Today the healing from this dark chapter in Canadian history continues with the Truth and Reconciliation process, which strives to help all Canadians to move forward through understanding and acceptance.
Tuesday, Sept. 3 brings a Truth and Reconciliation community event to the Caring for First Nations Children Society (664 Granderson Rd.). The society will host an open house and two elders from the Tsawout First Nation will speak on their experiences and the importance of the reconciliation process.
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