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DESCRIPTION:Ofrenda de Día de Muertos\n\nTo honour the lives of the childre
 n who did not return from Canada’s Indian residential schools\n\nNovember 
 2nd\, 2017\, 2-4 pm\n\nEntrance lobby of the Faculty of Education\, 3700 M
 cTavish Street - 1st Floor\, McGill University\n\n* Join the new McGill Ar
 t 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 sc
 reening session of the Weekly Indigenous 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 altar (ofrenda) commemorates the lives of
  thousands of children who were taken from their homes and sent to Indian 
 Residential schools and did not return home. The Truth and Reconciliation 
 Commission has identified 3\,200 deaths in the TRC’s Register of Confirmed
  Deaths\, while other sources estimate that 6\,000 children died in the In
 dian Residential schools. In over one-third of these deaths the schools di
 d not record the children’s names\, in one quarter of the deaths the child
 ’s gender was not recorded\, and in over half the cases the cause of death
  was not recorded. Children at Residential schools died at a far higher ra
 te than school-aged children in the general population.\n\nThese findings 
 are in keeping with statements that former students and their parents gave
  to the Commission. They spoke of children who went to school and never re
 turned. The tragedy of the loss of children was compounded by the fact tha
 t burial places were distant or even unknown. Many Indigenous people have 
 unanswered questions about what happened to their children or relatives wh
 ile they were attending residential school.\n\nThe Day of the Dead (Día de
  Muertos) is a festive and sacred time in Mexico and some other Latin Amer
 ican countries. This day\, the souls of the dead are welcomed back\, joine
 d with the living\, becoming a celebration of life. Significant objects ar
 e placed as gifts to the visiting souls in ofrendas: the altars for the ch
 ildren are set on the eve of October 31st with sweets\, fruits and white f
 lowers\, while the eve of November 1st is the time to honour the adults. A
 lthough many elements of Catholicism were incorporated into the ofrenda af
 ter the Spanish conquest\, it is considered mostly an Indigenous tradition
 .\n\nAs women artists we want to offer this ofrenda to the Indigenous chil
 dren who never returned home – for whatever reason. Our hope is to promote
  awareness on this issue\, creating a space for dialogue and bringing the 
 community of McGill together.\n\nWith this ofrenda installed at the Facult
 y of Education\, we want to acknowledge the traditional territory of the K
 anien’kehá:ka people where we stand today\, celebrating our ancestors and 
 sharing diverse Indigenous culture with the community of McGill.\n\nProjec
 t by Maria Ezcurra\, Haidee Lefebvre and Lori Beavis\, supported by the P.
  Lantz Initiative for Excellence in Education and the Arts\, Institute for
  Human Development and Well-being (IHDW) and the McGill Art Hive Initiativ
 e (MAHI).\n\nView photos from the Faculty 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
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/ihdw/channels/event/altar-day-dead-282306
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