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Indian School Road is a Nova Scotia Book of Influence

150BooksReadingListIndian School Road: Legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School has been been included on the Reading Nova Scotia: 150 Books of indian school roadInfluence list,  a list of books deemed influential and culturally relevant by Nova Scotia’s readers, librarians, and publishers.

Read the full list here.

 

 

Indian School Road Comes to Port Hawkesbury

Public Talk by Chris Benjamin

author of Indian School Road:

Legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School

 

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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!