An exhibition displayed at Brock University is teaching participants about Canada’s residential school system while also promoting healing and encouraging acts of reconciliation.

The Legacy of Hope Foundation’s Killing the Indian in the Child: Generations Lost will be displayed in Brock’s Rankin Family Pavilion from Monday, Oct. 16 to Wednesday, Nov. 1 and will remember the more than 150,000 Indigenous children forced to leave their families and attend residential schools, where various forms of abuse took place and many children did not survive.

Legacy of Hope is an Indigenous-led charitable organization that works to promote healing and reconciliation in Canada. The organization’s 30- by 15-foot walkthrough exhibition will showcase a timeline of the residential school system as well as the experiences of survivors and will be open for all members of the Brock community to explore.

Though photography of the exhibition is prohibited, Cindy Biancaniello, Director of Brock’s Hadiyaˀdagénhahs First Nations, Métis and Inuit Student Centre, said she hopes everyone who takes part will form visual memories of what took place.

“We can read about residential schools on a piece of paper, but to have this physical walkabout will be profound,” she said.

With the display in the Rankin Family Pavilion, Biancaniello said it presents a chance for all members of the Brock community to learn and share about the history of residential schools.

“Having this visual display in the centre of campus means that it’s almost unavoidable and will really be impactful for everyone who walks through as well as those they share their experience with,” she said.

Any questions about the exhibit can be sent to Biancaniello at cbiancaniello@brocku.ca