A Survivor Unpacks the Trauma of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools; Chicago High-Schoolers Experience Climate Change Firsthand on Arctic Voyage

By Worldview Staff
Assiniboia Residential School survivor Theodore Fontaine speaks at the Unveiling of the Assiniboia Residential School display on the Main floor of the Susan A. Thompson Building Monday.
Assiniboia Residential School survivor Theodore Fontaine speaks at the Unveiling of the Assiniboia Residential School display on the Main floor of the Susan A. Thompson Building Monday. Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press
Assiniboia Residential School survivor Theodore Fontaine speaks at the Unveiling of the Assiniboia Residential School display on the Main floor of the Susan A. Thompson Building Monday.
Assiniboia Residential School survivor Theodore Fontaine speaks at the Unveiling of the Assiniboia Residential School display on the Main floor of the Susan A. Thompson Building Monday. Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press

A Survivor Unpacks the Trauma of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools; Chicago High-Schoolers Experience Climate Change Firsthand on Arctic Voyage

By Worldview Staff
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On today’s show:

  • Theodore Fontaine, a survivor of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools, unpacks trauma, historical memory and the way forward for the relationship between Canada and First Nations peoples.
  • A group of Chicago high-schoolers are learning about Canadian indigenous communities and climate change on a voyage through northern Canada.