(Chinook's Edge School Division)

By Chinook's Edge School Division

NDTR-Sept. 30

Chinook’s Edge launches video land acknowledgment in preparation for Truth and Reconciliation Day

Sep 29, 2024 | 2:00 PM

On September 30, Chinook’s Edge schools will be closed in observance of Truth and Reconciliation Day.

During the week ahead, and in the days leading up to that day, educators will take time to help students gain understanding of Indigenous history in Canada, and to consider how we walk together on the path to reconciliation.

Schools may be using this new video as a part of their learning. The video showcases the division’s new land acknowledgment statement that was developed last school year, with significant input from students, staff, school board trustees, and Indigenous partners.

The collaboration focused on determining what words would meaningfully reflect the land and the peoples who have lived, worked, and learned in this area over centuries.

In the video, the phrases are shared by Chinook’s Edge students and staff. Also, there are visuals of local Indigenous landmarks.

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Karyn Barber, Associate Superintendent, Chinook’s Edge, “We are pleased to provide this visual representation of the meaningful statement that we developed collaboratively last year.” Barber says. “Thanks to Laurette Woodward, our Communications Coordinator, for envisioning this video. Her work with photographer and editor Dom Gomes took our two dimensional representation of the acknowledgment to a three dimensional piece that brings out the feeling behind the words we developed. The video beautifully communicates the intent behind our work in Truth and Reconciliation, and our commitment to walk the path together.”

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