Shingwauk Indian Residential School (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.)

Canon (Harry) Morrow (1916-2012) was born in Hamilton, Ontario on April 11, 1916. Morrow worked as a teacher and wood working instructor in the 1940s at the Shingwauk Indian Residential School. Canon Morrow met his wife Edith Elford while working at Shingwauk. Morrow later became a minister and was ordained in the Anglican Church as a Deacon in 1954 and as a Priest in 1955. Harry served in numerous parishes including Garden River, Manitoulin Island, Sudbury, New Liskeard, and Thunder Bay. Canon Morrow was the rector of St. John the Evangelist in Thunder Bay from 1973 to 1981 when he retired to Sault Ste. Marie. Nicknamed “the good Canon”, he and his wife, Edith May, were heavily involved in the life and work of the Cathedral, parlaying their many skills into new and novel activities. Harry was known for his inventive means of bringing the Gospel message alive through the use of drama, mascots, humor, and artistic skills. In addition to serving as an honorary assistant at the Cathedral, Canon Morrow was also responsible for carving a beautiful wooden Canterbury Cross which hangs in the Cathedral Chapel and was dedicated to Archbishop Wright and Bishop Nock. He was active in the Kiwanis Club of Sault Ste. Marie for over 40 years and supported numerous charities in Sault Ste Marie. Harry and Edith were parents to two children, Mary Nock (David) and Kevin Morrow “Joshua”. Canon Morrow passed away on January 27, 2012 at the age of 96.

George Young was a guidance counselor at the Shingwauk Residential School. George Young later married Ella Visitor, who was a student at Shingwauk.

Susie Ann Kicknosway Jones is from the Bkejwanong Territory, also known as Walpole Island First Nation. Suzie attended Shingwauk Residential School from the age four and a half (1941) until she was sixteen in 1953. She graduated from the Technical School, Sault Ste Marie in 1953. Susie moved to Michigan after graduating, and did not return back to Walpole Island until she retired at 55. Susie has been a Board of Education trustee for the Lambton Kent Distract School Board. She has also held numerous positions within the Walpole First Nation including a position on council, the health committee, advisor, and a member of the board of education. She is also involved with the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association (CSAA) and the Shingwauk Educational Trust (SET). Susie has held many roles within CSAA and SET including spokesperson, vice-president, and president. In 2011, Susie was awarded an Ontario Senior Achievement Award by the Ontario Seniors' Secretariat.

Donald Harris Sands born on Walpole Island First Nation Reservation in Ontario on January 3rd, 1928. He was raised by his great Aunt Lela Altiman in his great, great grandfather's home. At the age of five Donald was sent to Shingwauk Residential School in Sault Ste Marie on September 1, 1933. Donald left Shingwauk on June 1st, 1944. After graduating from Shingwauk he entered military service and later took up his vocation as a printer in California. Don's sister Nellie Sands also attended Shingwauk. Don later became an enthusiastic Shingwauk Alumnus. He participated in all the Reunions and Healing Circles, and was an active founding member of the Shingwauk Alumni Association. Don Sands passed away on Friday June 28, 2002 in his home in California.

Gladys Otway entered Shingwauk Residential School as a staff member on April 2, 1938.

Nancy Minchin the wife of Canon Arthur E. Minchin who was the Principle at Shingwauk Residential School from 1942-1948. Arthur Minchin came to Canada in 1910, under the British Missionary Society. He attended Emmanuel College in Saskatoon for five years. From 1919-1912 Arthur was in charge of the MacKay Indian Residential School in the Pas Manitoba. From 1912-1936, Rev. Minichin worked at various schools including: St. George's College and Elkhorn. The Minchin family moved in Sault Ste Marie in 1942. Nancy attended high school in the city, following which she attended the University of Toronto and the Toronto Normal School. Nancy's first teaching appointment was in Whitefish Falls. Nancy and her husband have five children, three of whom are also teachers. Nancy currently lives in Pawassen, south of Lake Nippissiing.

Dora L. Cliff of was born in Upper Derby, New Brunswick on June 2, 1907. She was the daughter of the late Thomas and Janet S. (Jardine) Cliff. Dora had a twin sister, Alexis Douglas, and two other sisters Florence Bennett and Hazel Cliff. She was a member of St. George's Anglican Church in Moncton, a life member of the Women's Auxiliary of St. George's Church, St. George's A.C.W., a leader of the Girls Auxiliary, Member of the Canadian College of Teachers and the Greater Moncton Retired Teachers Association, also the I.O.D.E. Dora attended Provincial Normal School and Mount Allison University and taught in several schools in New Brunswick. She also taught at Shingwauk Indian Residential School in Sault Ste. Marie from 1942-1949. Throughout the years she had given part of her holidays to work at the Columbia Coast Mission. Dora was employed at Moncton School Board office for many years. Dora L. Cliff passed away at her residence in Crescent, Moncton, New Brunswick on Wednesday July 12, 2006 in her 100th year.

Ken Ingle is the son of of Ruth A. Cox-Ingle and Fred B. Ingle. Ruth was a Laundry Matron at Shingwauk Indian Residential School from 1936-1955. Fred B. Ingle also worked at the Shingwauk school.

Developed in 2001, the goals of Where are the Children? Healing the Legacy of the Residential Schools exhibit are to: acknowledge the experiences of, and the impacts and consequences of Canada’s Residential School System on Aboriginal peoples; to create a public and historical record of this period in Canadian history that could be easily accessed by Canadians; and to promote public awareness, understanding and education of the history and legacy of residential schools. Through documentation, acknowledgment and education, the goal of the exhibition is also to assist in promoting understanding and reconciliation in Canada about residential schools. The exhibition consists of 118 framed archival photographs, text panels, maps, original classroom textbooks and historical government papers selected from nine public and church archives, and depicts the history and legacy of Canada’s Residential School System. Where are the Children? spans over 125 years and contains photographs and documents from the 1880s to present day.