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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
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Fostering Remembrance and Reconciliation through an Arts-Based Response
Dupuis, Jenny Kay; Ferguson, Kristen
in education, v22 n1 p127-147 Spr 2016
This paper presents the results of study about an urban high school in Ontario that performed a stage play that portrayed the legacy of the Indian residential schools in Canada. We wanted to know the impact this arts-based response had on teachers and students. From the data that we obtained from focus groups, we identify four learning outcomes of the legacy project: reflection on knowledge and identity; fact-finding through the processes of respecting memory; using the arts to remember; and broadening perspectives: remembrance (memory), reconciliation, and memorialization. Our research can assist educators and researchers to implement an arts-based model that honours and respects residential school survivors and their families.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Schools, High School Students, High School Teachers, Indigenous Populations, Canada Natives, Boarding Schools, Drama, Art Education, Memory, Social Justice, Racial Discrimination, History, Trauma, Identification (Psychology), Consciousness Raising
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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