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SUPPLEMENT TO THE FREE PRESS • SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2026
A CLOSE-UP OF A SECTION OF THE WITNESS BLANKET WITH BADGES.
CREATOR OF THE WITNESS BLANKET, CAREY NEWMAN, SPEAKING WITH HIS DAUGHTER.
PHOTO BY AARON COHEN
PHOTO BY ANNIE KIERANS
For the CMHR, that means creating a space where people can have difficult conversa- tions, learn about Indigenous histories and understand the human rights issues that are still here today. “We have a responsibility to learn how to fix things that have happened in the past, because if we’re going to continue doing what we’re doing, we’re not going to get to recon- ciliation. We need to bring that healing. We need to have movement, which means that we need to learn and actually get out there, boots on the ground and work together.” The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is hosting a free online workshop for adults and workplaces called The Witness Blanket: Truth, Art and Reconciliation, in the lead-up to the National Day for Truth and Recon- ciliation. English and French sessions will be offered on Tuesday, September 29, 2026 where a museum educator will lead par- ticipants through exploring the objects and stories carried in the Witness Blanket. The virtual session invites you to deepen your understanding of the residential school expe- rience and to practice reconciliation through everyday ways of being and acting. ▲
Register at humanrights.ca/event/ witness-blanket-truth-art-and-reconciliation .
THE WITNESS BLANKET IS AN IMMERSIVE ART INSTALLATION WITH A DOOR YOU CAN WALK THROUGH.
PHOTO BY AARON COHEN
LISTEN. LEARN. REFLECT.
We remember the children who never returned home, and acknowledge the trauma experienced by Survivors, their families and communities. We must all work together to create a better way forward. WCB honours National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
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