Bringing Our Children Home Initiative

Panel Discussion 

 

The research team for the Bringing Our Children Home Initiative will talk about their work and the protocols that were established by the Survivor Committee to guide and direct the research. The goal is to gather evidence about the experiences of children who were taken to Pelican Lake Indian Residential School including survival testimony especially to identify/find children who went missing or died. 

 

 

 

Panelists 

 

Barbara Ruotsalainen, Initiative Director, Bikiiwewinig Nindawaashishiimanaanak Bikewewinagwa Kibi’Noonjiminanik/Bringing Our Children Home Initiative.

 

Lauren Augustine is a Community Researcher, Bikiiwewinig Nindawaashishiimanaanak Bikewewinagwa Kibi’Noonjiminanik/Bringing Our Children Home Initiative.

 

Fern Chisel is a Community Researcher, Bikiiwewinig Nindawaashishiimanaanak Bikewewinagwa Kibi’Noonjiminanik/Bringing Our Children Home Initiative.

 

Denise Baxter is the Vice Provost of Indigenous Initiatives at Lakehead University and a member of Marten Falls First Nation

 

Juan Sanchez Martinez is a professor in the Department of Indigenous Learning.

 

Kristin Burnett is the Chair of the Indigenous Learning Department and a historian.