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DESCRIPTION:\n\nAltar for the Day of the Dead\n\n- Ofrenda de Día de Muerto
 s -\n\nTo honour the lives of the children who did not return\n	from Canada
 ’s Indian residential schools\n\nNovember 2nd\, 2017\, 2-4 pm\n	Entrance lo
 bby of the Faculty of Education\, 3700 McTavish Street - 1st Floor\, McGil
 l University\n\n* Join the new ´ó·¢²ÊƱƽ̨ Art Hive Initiative on Monday\, Oct.
  30\, from 12 to 2 pm\, to make art and traditional elements for the altar
  *\n\n** There will also be a special screening session of the Weekly Indi
 genous Film Series related to our Altar for the Day of the Dead event\, on
  Thursday\, November 2nd from 4 - 6 pm\, in room EDUC 216 **\n\n\n\nThis a
 ltar (ofrenda) commemorates the lives of thousands of children who were ta
 ken from their homes and sent to Indian Residential schools and did not re
 turn home. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has identified 3\,200 d
 eaths in the TRC’s Register of Confirmed Deaths\, while other sources esti
 mate that 6\,000 children died in the Indian Residential schools. In over 
 one-third of these deaths the schools did not record the children’s names\
 , in one quarter of the deaths the child’s gender was not recorded\, and i
 n over half the cases the cause of death was not recorded. Children at Res
 idential schools died at a far higher rate than school-aged children in th
 e general population.\n\nThese findings are in keeping with statements tha
 t former students and their parents gave to the Commission. They spoke of 
 children who went to school and never returned. The tragedy of the loss of
  children was compounded by the fact that burial places were distant or ev
 en unknown. Many Indigenous people have unanswered questions about what ha
 ppened to their children or relatives while they were attending residentia
 l school.\n\nThe Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos) is a festive and sacred 
 time in Mexico and some other Latin American countries. This day\, the sou
 ls of the dead are welcomed back\, joined with the living\, becoming a cel
 ebration of life. Significant objects are placed as gifts to the visiting 
 souls in ofrendas: the altars for the children are set on the eve of Octob
 er 31st with sweets\, fruits and white flowers\, while the eve of November
  1st is the time to honour the adults. Although many elements of Catholici
 sm were incorporated into the ofrenda after the Spanish conquest\, it is c
 onsidered mostly an Indigenous tradition.\n\nAs women artists we want to o
 ffer this ofrenda to the Indigenous children who never returned home – for
  whatever reason. Our hope is to promote awareness on this issue\, creatin
 g a space for dialogue and bringing the community of ´ó·¢²ÊƱƽ̨ together.\n\nW
 ith this ofrenda installed at the Faculty of Education\, we want to acknow
 ledge the traditional territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka people where we stan
 d today\, celebrating our ancestors and sharing diverse Indigenous culture
  with the community of ´ó·¢²ÊƱƽ̨.\n\nProject by Maria Ezcurra\, Haidee Lefebv
 re and Lori Beavis\, supported by the P. Lantz Initiative for Excellence i
 n Education and the Arts\, Institute for Human Development and Well-being 
 (IHDW) and the ´ó·¢²ÊƱƽ̨ Art Hive Initiative (MAHI).\n\n[more photos from Fac
 ulty of Education Art Initiatives and the Altar for the Day of the Dead]\n
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SUMMARY:Altar for the Day of the Dead  -Ofrenda de Día de Muertos-  To hono
 ur the lives of the children who did not return from Canada’s Indian resid
 ential schools
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