{"id":2686,"date":"2023-10-03T10:20:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T17:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alouette\/?p=2686"},"modified":"2023-10-03T10:20:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T17:20:32","slug":"alouette-elementary-students-create-artwork-for-truth-and-reconciliation-community-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alouette\/alouette-elementary-students-create-artwork-for-truth-and-reconciliation-community-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Alouette Elementary students create artwork for Truth and Reconciliation community event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cQDIL3iplLY?si=4i3_eJEmmAudz5FI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sitting on the steps inside Alouette Elementary, Brayden pointed at the middle of his poster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe kid at the bottom is supposed to be me going to residential school,\u201d the Grade 7 student said. \u201cBecause I\u2019m Indigenous as well, so it\u2019s like I\u2019m going to residential school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then there\u2019s a cross at the very top, meaning since they\u2019re trying to make them Christian and get rid of their culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brayden\u2019s poster is one of six being recognized by the planning committee for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation community event being held in Maple Ridge.<\/p>\n<p>The students had been asked to create thoughtful posters to advertise the gathering with the theme, \u2018Healing Journey Continues Through Truth and Reconciliation.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Elder Coleen Pierre from the Katzie First Nation has been organizing the event for the past 10 months, along with PLEA Community Services, the Fraser River Indigenous Society and other community members and organizations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-15464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sd42.ca\/assets\/media\/NDTR-Student-Artwork-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Grade 7 student Brayden holds up his poster for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.\" width=\"382\" height=\"254\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow I came about that name is there will always be healing no matter what angle we look at,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Once the name of the event was determined, Pierre wanted to get students involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, I want to know, I want to get it from a youth, a student perspective,\u201d Pierre explained. \u201cI want to know how they define it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ayaan, who is in Grade 6, had the winning design that\u2019s now being used to raise awareness about the event. He says the healing journey is a process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means like maybe you won\u2019t ever be the same, but slowly, you might try to get better and better, and eventually, you might be able to recover from that. But even if you don\u2019t, it\u2019s still good to be in a better mental place than you were before,\u201d Ayaan explained.<\/p>\n<p>When the planning committee saw the students\u2019 submissions, they wanted to express their gratitude. On Tuesday, they met with the students at Alouette Elementary to say thank-you and give each of them a gift card to express their appreciation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15463 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sd42.ca\/assets\/media\/NDTR-Student-Artwork-4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Grade 6 student Ayaan poses with the poster he created for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.\" width=\"375\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe students nowadays are so brilliant, their minds,\u201d Pierre said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s not a matter of their minds wandering. They really got there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The illustrations are going to help them understand and come to terms with it all, Pierre added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just pictures, it\u2019s their own thoughts\u2026. And that gives me more reason to go for the gold,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m determined to make my circle stronger \u2013 not every year \u2013 every day. And it\u2019s through the goodness of their hearts and minds that is making it possible for what I\u2019m accomplishing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The community gathering will be held between 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 30, 2023, at Memorial Peace Park. The collaborative event will support learning and healing, provide a safe space for those impacted by residential schools, and include Indigenous drum groups, special guest speakers, orange shirt painting, vendors, and the creation of a community art project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sitting on the steps inside Alouette Elementary, Brayden pointed at the middle of his poster. \u201cThe kid at the bottom is supposed to be me going to residential school,\u201d the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":2687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2686"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2690,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2686\/revisions\/2690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}