Our partners and network do amazing things! We can’t wait to see what they accomplish in the year ahead. Here’s a quick look at what some of them did in 2022: bit.ly/3iCO5ue Witness Blanket Virtual Gurus @screensirenpics Raven Indigenous Capital Partners

Seeing RCMP officers, wearing red serge uniforms, standing in front of the Witness Blanket, talking with Survivors who their organization participated in forcibly displacing from family, land, language and culture… 1/2 globalnews.ca/video/9497337/…

Witness Blanket VR and sound collection project. A thread:

Witness Blanket artist aims to create ‘soundtrack of resilience’ using sounds from residential school survivors cheknews.ca/witness-blanke…

Kwakwaka’wakw and Coast Salish multi-disciplinary artist Carey Newman (Carey Newman - Hayalthkin'geme) is inviting the public to contribute 'a soundtrack of resilience' to the virtual reality Witness Blanket project. Learn more about the national appeal: bit.ly/3MORWQg UniversityOfVictoria Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Kwakwaka’wakw and Coast Salish multi-disciplinary artist Carey Newman - Hayalthkin'geme, Impact Chair in Indigenous Art Practices at UVic, and Kirk McNally, @uvicMusic associate professor, work with CamosunInnovates and Canadian Museum for Human Rights to create a ‘soundtrack of resilience’ in the VR Witness Blanket.

David, if the “defamation of Canadian history” you refer to is the fact that a whole lot of kids died in residential schools, then that is well-established in the historical record. Hell, in *1922* doctor Peter Bryce called it a national crime: canadashistory.ca/explore/first-…

Today the shortlisted nominations for the CCBC Book Awards were announced. Me and Kirstie’s book is nominated for two of them! The TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. and The Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction. bookcentre.ca/news/2023-shor…

We share this recognition with all the Survivors who shared their experiences, our families, and Orca Book Publishers who bring so many crucial stories to the world.

Discover the voices of Survivors who share the truths of the residential school system. Explore the Witness Blanket, created by Indigenous artist Carey Newman - Hayalthkin'geme, in partnership with Canadian Museum for Human Rights and proudly supported by TELUS. Visit witnessblanket.ca.

This week is time to honour and reflect on truth and reconciliation - Check these meaningful and informative classroom resources - Witness Blanket PHE Canada | EPS Canada #TruthAndReconciliation witnessblanket.ca/?gclid=CjwKCAj…

Our class was lucky enough to bear witness to the Witness Blanket at TRU Williams Lake. We could have spent another hour or two here. Such powerful learning and deep thinking! Grant Gustafson Cheryl Lenardon #catalinelearns

Master carver Carey Newman's monumental Witness Blanket tours to the West Vancouver Memorial Library — Stir createastir.ca/articles/west-… Witness Blanket West Van Library Carey Newman - Hayalthkin'geme

Congratulations to artist, scholar & #uvicvisualarts professor Carey Newman on being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada! Read more here: ow.ly/aGbq50TgHUq UniversityOfVictoria RSC // SRC @blueraventart @witnessblanket #uvicarts #yyjarts #indigenousartists