De-colonizing / undoing racism workshop at Red Lake Heritage Centre
"Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack"
Where: Heritage Centre, Red Lake
Time: 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Date: Saturday, Feb 18, 2006
This workshop will be facilitated by Dr. Celia Haig-Brown, professor at York University, Author of:
- Resistance and Renewal: Surviving the Indian Residential School,
- Taking Control: Power and Contradiction in First Nation Adult Education
- Making the Spirit Dance Within: Joe DuQuette High School and an Aboriginal Community.
This workshop is the sixth of an on-going series that is intended to help heal and develop cross-cultural relationships. This particular workshop will be about de-colonizing / undoing racism work, with the focus on the residential schools. The workshop will include a tour of the "Where are the Children?" exhibit now on display at the Heritage Centre.
Everyone is welcome to attend; it is not necessary to have attended previous sessions to participate. Registration is by donation. Please bring your own refreshments.
For more information, please call Kaaren at 727-3196 or 727-3006. Miikwech!
Michele Alderton
Director/Curator, Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre
P.O. Box 64
51A Highway 105
Red Lake, ON, P0V2M0
Tel: (807) 727-3006 Fax: (807) 727-2686
Website: http://redlakemuseum.com
Showing until March 31st at the Heritage Centre: Where are the Children? Healing the Legacy of Residential Schools
http://www.wherearethechildren.ca
and Residential Schools, the Red Lake Story, http://www.redlakemuseum.com (Click on the Education Program link from our home page to see our Events Calendar)