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Mar 17
Canadian Literature Review of Indian School Road
In her paper for Canadian Literature, Christina Turner reviews three “anticolonial pedagogies” including Indian School Road: Legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School, which she says strikes “a difficult balance between articulating the culture of corruption and incompetence that characterized the IRS system in general and Shubenacadie in particular, while stressing the culpability of those who neglected and abused its wards for decades.”
Read the review here.
Going Down the Indian Road
Esteemed poet and author Gary Geddes, once described as “Canada’s best political poet,” has written a thoughtful and thought-provoking review of Indian School Road: Legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School.
The review will appear in his forthcoming new book, Medicine Unbundled (Heritage House Publishing), which is a Read more
Author on residential schools: ‘Canadians don’t know’
The following is an excerpt from an article by Maia Kowalski that originally appeared in The Signal on October 16, 2015:
Speaking to a small crowd at Saint Mary’s University last night, [Chris Benjamin] said he was surprised by how much the survivors opened up to him in his interviews.
“Usually the response is, ‘people need to know,’” he said. “I think that’s sort of a mission that certain survivors have taken on, [because] they still feel Canadians don’t know – and they don’t – and they want to get their stories out there.”
Benjamin was on a “university book tour,” supporting his 2014 book, “Indian School Road: Legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School.”
Musquodoboit Harbour Literary Fair
Chris Benjamin will be at the Literary Fair in Musquodoboit Harbour in the Old School Gathering Place on November 7 from 1-4 pm. This event is part of a weekend long celebration of authors and words:
Saturday, November 7
Afternoon Readings from 1 to 4 pm. There will also be a book fair during this time with signings by local authors.
Jenni Blackmore 1:00-1:10
Chris Benjamin 1:10-1:20
Anne Simpson 1:20-1:30
Donna Morrissey 1:30-1:40
Ian Colford 1:40-1:50
Tea Demonstration 2:00-2:30
Art Burton 2:30-2:40
Melanie Mosher 2:40-2:50
Melody Fitzpatrick 2:50-3:00
Vivien Gorham 3:00-3:10
Steve Vernon 3:10-3:20
L.P. Suzanne Atkinson 3:20-3:30
Gerald Daye 3:30-3:40
Rowland Marshall 3:40-3:50
Brett Loney 3:50-4:00
From 7 to 9 pm
Deirdre Dwyer 7:15-7:30
Genevieve Graham 7:30-7:45
Bethana Sullivan 7:45-8:00
Karen Schlick 8:00-8:15
Patrick Woodcock 8:15- 8:30
Oct 13
Saint Mary’s University presents journalist Chris Benjamin’s Indian School Road
Thursday, October 15 at 4:30 pm, Saint Mary’s University presents Chris Benjamin, journalist and author of Indian School Road: Legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School.
Where? At the Loyola Academic Complex (5865 Gorsebrook Avenue) – Room 175.
Everyone welcome!
“…a gut-wrenching and much-needed historical work…I’d like to see Indian School Road as mandatory reading in all Canadian high schools and universities.” –Marjorie Simmins, The Antigonish Review
“It’s a powerful, hard-hitting book that will bring the whole sordid history of the schools to new audiences.”
–Paul Bennett, Chronicle Herald
“Reading this book will at least get us past the comfortable lies.”
–Jon Tattrie, Atlantic Books Today
Through research, interviews and first-hand testimony, journalist Chris Benjamin guides readers through the tragic history of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, including the stories of students, principals, and teachers from its founding in 1930 to present.
Indian School Road Comes to Port Hawkesbury
Public Talk by Chris Benjamin
author of Indian School Road:
Legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School
Winner of the 2013 Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award for Social Justice writing
When: Wednesday, 13 October 2015, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Where:
Nova Scotia Community College
Port Hawkesbury Campus Theatre
226 Reeves St. Port Hawkesbury
“This book demonstrates vividly the wounds and scars accumulated by the incarcerated children will not heal in their lifetimes”
– Daniel Paul
“It’s a powerful, hard-hitting book that will bring the whole sordid history of the schools to new audiences.”
– Paul Bennett, the Chronicle Herald
All are welcome!
Oct 2
Public Talk by Author Chris Benjamin
To help Mount Saint Vincent University commemorate Mi’kmaq History Month (October), award-winning author Chris Benjamin will be speaking about his book, Indian School Road: Legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School (Nimbus, 2014).
October 7 at 12:00–13:30
Mount Saint Vincent University (166 Bedford Highway, Halifax) in
Seton Building, Auditorium D
Sep 23
Indian School Road book talks at NS Universities
The Indian School Road Fall 2015 University Book Tour continues with two events next week!
Tuesday, Sept 29, 4:30 – 6:30 pm, at Dalhousie University’s McCain Arts & Social Sciences Building (6135 University Avenue), Room 2012, in Halifax, Chris Benjamin will give a talk on the Shubenacadie Residential School based on his book, Indian School Road.
On Wednesday, Sept 30, 7:00-9:00 pm, at StFX University’s MacKay Lounge (in the Bloomfield Centre) in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Chris Benjamin will give a talk on the Shubenacadie Residential School based on his book, Indian School Road.