Indigenous Peoples in North America--Canada--Residential schools

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.

Alice Ouellett attended St. John's Indian Residential School in Chapleau.

Bea Neahgabow was a student at the Shingwauk Indian Residential School.

Lily Stevenson was a student at a number of Residential Schools in Saskatchewan.