Mending: Elevating conversations towards Truth and Reconciliation
For National Truth & Reconciliation Day (Orange Shirt Day), we partnered with local change makers in Anemki Wekwedong (Thunder Bay, Ontario) and Northern Lights Collaborative, a project of CatalystsX, to create a short video to inspire awareness and action.
🧡 Chi-miigwech / big thanks to Morningstar Desrosier - Cedar Cinematic who made this video with creative contributions from Shelby Gagnon, Tyler Waboose, Johnny Longfeather, Betty Carpick (Artist and Creative Director) and Marc Doucette, who recorded the audio. Thank You to the Youth Opportunities Fund, who make these special projects possible.
Image Transfer Materials
image, printed with a laser printer (click here to review TRC reports with images)
on fabric:
mod podge (or acrylic gel)
paper
paint
embroidery floss and needle
with packing tape:
quality packing tape
water bath
paint
drawing media for words and/or markings (pencil crayon, ink, etc)
Instructions are found in the 3 minute video!
To read and learn more about the report mentioned in this video, check out the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation: https://nctr.ca/records/reports/
Further Reading:
Anti-Racism Resources list: https://www.thinkingrock.ca/anti-racist-allyship
Reconciliation Resources: http://4rsyouth.ca/resources/
Our relationship with Northern Lights Collaborative
Did you know?
Mindful Makers, alongside organizations located across Northern Ontario, make up Northern Lights Collaborative (NLC).
Northern Lights Collaborative is an initiative of CatalystsX that is collectively held and supported by team members located in places like Ottawa, Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie. We (Mindful Makers) are one of four core partners including: Thinking Rock Community Arts and NORDIK.
Collaborative partners work with a number of youth, their allies, youth-led and youth-serving organizations to:
increase organizational accountability to youth voices and
to create a supportive network that centres youth leadership and storytelling.
The Collaborative is funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation Youth Opportunities Fund, and Youth CI (Laidlaw Foundation and Innoweave).
More info: http://www.catalystsx.ca/northernlights