CANADA
Mission Record
Alina KONEVSKI
Abbotsford News
“We were called savages, heathens. That we wouldn’t amount to anything in our lives if we didn’t adapt by their system.”
Katzie First Nation elder Cyril Pierre recounted his nightmarish years at St. Mary’s Mission and Residential School to University of the Fraser Valley students on Wednesday.
UFV held a “day of learning” on Sept. 18 about Indian residential schools, such as St. Mary’s in Mission. This coincided with the start of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s national four-day event in Vancouver, during which residential school survivors have been sharing their experiences. The province has designated Sept. 16 to 22 as Reconciliation Week.
UFV, like other universities across B.C., suspended most classes on Wednesday, and offered opportunities to learn about residential schools.
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