top of page

RESONATION RECONCILIATION from

RYERSON to SHINGWAUK

 

As part of a national initiative to reconcile all Canadians with the history of Indian Residential Schools, The Scope at Ryerson has produced a half hour radio documentary, Resonating Reconciliation from Ryerson to Shingwauk.

Our mothers attended Shingwauk Residential School. What was that experience like? Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux's teaching and academic writing is directed towards understanding Historic and Intergenerational Trauma within the Aboriginal community. She has dedicated her life to building bridges of understanding and is deeply committed to public education and active youth engagement.

Egerton Ryerson (1803-1882) was instrumental in the establishment of a free and compulsory public education system in Ontario and also believed in different systems of education for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children. While Egerton Ryerson did not implement or oversee the launch of the Indian Residential Schools, his ideas contributed to the concept of them. It is important to acknowledge this connection and emphasize the university’s commitment to respectful relationships with Aboriginal communities and to continuing to build and maintain a campus environment that welcomes and respects Aboriginal people.

GOOD INTENTIONS: THE FOUNDING OF METHODIST RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS IN UPPER CANADA

 

Good Intentions is an audio history of Ojibwa ancestors who lived at the time when residential schooling took root in Southern Ontario. Featuring interviews with researcher Hope Maclean, Alderville First Nation Council member Dave Mowat and readings of historical texts. This documentary focuses around the histories and words of Kahkewāquonāby (later Peter Jones) and Shawundais (later John Sunday). 

bottom of page