Additions to the Saskatchewan Residential School Memorial were unveiled Monday afternoon at Government House.
Interpretive panels have been added to provide more context to existing elements of the memorial, along with metal silhouettes of children, made by Pro Metal Industries, an Indigenous-owned company. The panels and silhouettes are installed in the pavilion near the memorial and available for the public to view.
The panels were created in collaboration between the Office of the Lieutenant Governor and the Provincial Capital Commission.
In addition, two new traveling exhibits opened inside Government House – “Where Are the Children? Healing the Legacy of Residential Schools” presented by the Legacy of Hope Foundation and Library and Archives Canada, and “A National Crime: The Residential School System in Canada,” presented by the Legacy of Hope Foundation and Department of Heritage Canada.
The Saskatchewan Residential School Memorial was created in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Call to Action #82, recommending “the installation of a publicly accessible, highly visible residential school memorial in each capital city to honour survivors and all the children who were lost to their families and communities.”