Thousands of youth gather in Regina to reflect on truth and reconciliation
“I feel as if we lost our past, we lost our voices to residential schools and we’re not able to do our ceremonies. Being able to actually reconcile is one big thing for me,” Kym Wapemoose a student at Martin Collegiate who was attending the event said.“I lost my mom to depression and PTSD due to being oppressed in a residential school. She is still with us but she can’t teach my as much she used to because it triggers her PTSD,” she said.
Other students said they were excited to take what they learned and teach it to others, including parents and grandparents who likely haven’t had the same learning experience. “It’s important so that our generation can learn and we can pass it on to other generations,” Willow, one of the students from Sheldon Williams Collegiate said.
Some of the students attending are new to Canada and welcomed the chance to learn about their new home.Trending Stories
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