Three-storey building at Algoma University will contain residential school archives, cultural spaces and the Mental Health and Addictions Research and Training Institute once complete
Sault Ste. Marie MPP Ross Romano has announced $2 million in provincial funding through the Northern Ontario Heritage Corporation that will go towards the construction of Mukwa Waakaa’igan at Algoma University.
Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association co-founder Shirley Horn says Mukwa Waakaa’igan is very much a part of the survivor group’s journey, which began in 1981 to acknowledge the history of Shingwauk Indian Residential School and the stories of those who attended the institution. “Those are the important things, because they talk about their life here, their life when they went home, or when they didn’t go home — some children never went home,” said Horn. “Those are all things that each individual who went to this school had to deal with in their own way and process that.”
“It’s through their collaborative efforts that what is now becoming a realization for working towards reconciliation in this country, I think we are acknowledging, we are honouring the prayers, the hopes, the aspirations — also recognizing the strength, the resilience, the perseverance — of an incredible group of people, an incredible generation of people,” Syrette said.
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