The Residential School Experience: Is It Reconcilable?
Event Date:
Thursday, February 16, 2017 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm EST
Event Location:
Upper Gallery, Orillia Museum of Art and History, 30 Peter Street South, Orillia, ON
Event Fee:
Admission is free
Event Contact Name:
Dr. Michael Stevenson, Chair, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
Event Contact Phone:
705-330-4008 ext. 2016
Event Contact E-mail:
Dr. Robert Robson, Chair of Indigenous Learning at Lakehead University, will speak about the history and legacy of Canada's residential schools in this public lecture at the Orillia Museum of Art and History.
Dr. Robson's work on residential schools includes briefs that were submitted on behalf of the plaintiffs in the National Class Action Suit, and he is currently researching and writing a monograph on the residential school experience.