Okanagan – Documentary screening: We Were Children

Screening of the 2012 documentary, We Were Children, about the residential school system in Canada.

In collaboration with Interdisciplinary Studies at Okanagan College.

This event is free. Room B112.

“In this feature film, the profound impact of the Canadian government’s residential school system is conveyed through the eyes of two children who were forced to face hardships beyond their years. As young children, Lyna and Glen were taken from their homes and placed in church-run boarding schools, where they suffered years of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, the effects of which persist in their adult lives. We Were Children gives voice to a national tragedy and demonstrates the incredible resilience of the human spirit.”

http://www.nfb.ca/film/we_were_children/trailer/we_were_children_trailer

We are pleased to announce that we have lined up a great panel to answer your questions after the screening of this documentary. Alma Marten, who is a survivor of the residential schools will be joining us, along with William Cohen, professor of Indigenous Studies at Okanagan College, and Anthony Isaac, Aboriginal Access and Services Coordinator at Okanagan College.