New perspective needed on Canada 150: local artist
One of two artists behind an exhibit on until July 4 at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre says her work reflects a different perspective on the hoopla that is Canada 150.
Oh Canada: Reflections of my Reconciliation showcases the artwork Andrea Lacoursiere, a Red Deer woman with non-Indigenous roots.
She says reconciliation has become a theme in her life.
“So here we are at this crux, 2017, and we’re supposed to have big celebrations for Canada 150 and I just couldn’t do it. It’s not that I’m not feeling patriotic and nationalism and pride and all that stuff, but it feels false to have a big party,” she says. “We should actually be able to look back at all of our history, all of the 150 years we have as a nation, see what we’ve actually done in that time and make a plan to move forward, for resiliency as an entire nation.”