Otinichick : Taken
A multimedia touring installation addressing the legacy of the Indigenous residential schools,
day schools, the 60’s Scoop and failed child welfare policies.
Date: Friday, September 29, 2023
Location: Wabano Center for Aboriginal Health – 299 Montreal Road, Ottawa
Exhibit Self – Guided Tours: 10am – noon / 3pm – 5pm
Presentation and Discussion: Noon – 3pm
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Otinichik : Taken emerges as an innovative collaboration of Sixties Scoop Network, Truth and Reconciliation Committee of the Métis Nation of Alberta, Île à la Crosse Boarding School in Saskatchewan and Canadian portrait artist Lynn Melbourne, whose work captures the spirit of the children who are survivors of the legacy of forced removal of Indigenous children from their families and the persisting harms of foster.
The purpose of this project is to:
- Honour children who were taken and provide support to them and their families;
- Provide an opportunity for survivors, families, and communities to share their stories and advance inter-generational healing and reconciliation;
- Support calls for action with more investigating, truth telling and the development of new policies;
- Increase awareness of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the history and legacy of Residential Schools, the sixties scoop and the continued removal of children from their families and communities.
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Program Details*
12-12:05 Elder Elaine Kicknosway gives land acknowledgment and opening prayer
12:05-12:10 Welcome by MC Tony Belcourt and Introduction of the Planning Committee (Tony Belcourt)
12:10 to 12:20 Welcoming Remarks:
- National Indigenous Leaders or Representatives
- Allison Fisher, Executive Director, The Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health
- Michele-Elise Burnett, Landscape of Nations 360
Presentations:
12:20-12:35
- Île á la Crosse Boarding School
- Michelle LeClair, Vice-President, Métis Nation Saskatchewan
- Duane Favel, Mayor, Île á la Crosse; Member Île á la Crosse Survivor Committee
12:35-12:50
- Métis Nation Alberta Truth and Reconciliation Program
- Elder Pearl Sandor, Residential School Survivor Committee
- Lorna Dancey, Truth and Reconciliation Coordinator
12:50-1:05
- Sixties Scoop Network
- Colleen Hele Cardinal, Co-Founder
- Elaine Kicknosway, Co-Founder
1:05-1:20
- Piita Irniq, Day School Survivor
1:20-1:25
- Lynn Melbourne, Portrait Artist
1:25-1:40
Remarks from Visiting Dignitaries
1:45. Break
2:00 – 2:50 Q & A
2:55 Closing Prayer
3:00 – 5:00 Self-Guided Tours of Exhibits
*Subject to change
Project Planning Committee:
- Tony Belcourt
- Michele-Elise Burnett
- Lynn Melourne
- Anne Noonan
- Landscape of Nations 360
For information contact Tony Belcourt: tonybelcourt209@gmail.com; 613-791-5056
We gratefully acknowledge the support of Heritage Canada and Wabano for this launch
