$30,000 grant to create residential school graphic history

Written By Sean Carleton

I am excited to be part of a team (including the Gord Hill, Niigaan Sinclair, the University of Manitoba’s Department of Native Studies, and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation) that has secured a $30,000 Indigenous Initiatives Grant to transform the history section of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Final Report into a graphic history. You can read more about the grant and project here: https://news.umanitoba.ca/graphic-novel-aims-to-educate-k-12-learners-on-residential-school-history/

"Onward Christian Soldiers" by Kwakwaka’wakw artist Gord Hill.

"Onward Christian Soldiers" by Kwakwaka’wakw artist Gord Hill.

Sean Carleton
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