Walking With Our Sisters series

Custodial History: 

Material in accession 2017-024 was collected by the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre in 2014.

Start Date: 
2014
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No restrictions on access.

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2014
Date Range: 
2014 January - 2014 July
Repro Restriction: 

Researchers must adhere to applicable copyright law and privacy legislation and permission of the copyright holder is required to publish from the collection.

Creator: 

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Conservation: 

Minor Conservation preformed on series.

Physical Description: 

182 MB of graphic material.- 59 photographs : col. ; (jpeg)

4.33 GB of moving images.- 1 .MP4, 22 .MOV ; (20 min., 10 sec.)

91.04 MB of textual record

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Born digital content.

History Biographical: 

Walking With Our Sisters is a commemorative art installation to honour the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous Women of Canada and the United States; to acknowledge the grief and torment families of these women continue to suffer; and to raise awareness of this issue and create opportunity for broad community-based dialogue on the issue. Walking With Our Sisters is an entirely crowd-sourced project. From the artwork, to the fundraising, even to the way the exhibit tour is being booked, it is all being fueled by hundreds and thousands of people who have chosen to become involved.

In June of 2012, a general call was issued on issued on Facebook for people to create moccasin tops; the call was answered by women, men and children of all ages and races. By July 25 2013, over 1,600 vamps had been received, almost tripling the initial goal of 600. Each pair of moccasin tops are intentionally not sewn into moccasins to represent the unfinished lives of the women and girls.

In Sault Ste. Marie, Walking with our Sisters made its 5th stop. Due to the history of Algoma University, WWOS made a special call to the survivor and intergenerational communities to craft children's moccasin vamps in memory of those children and babies who perished in the residential school system, or who did not make it home from school. When the exhibition tour is over several of the children's vamps will become part of a permanent installation within the site of the old Shingwauk Residential School, in partnership with the Shingwauk Residential School Centre at Algoma University.

Scope Content: 

This series comprises photographs and documentation from the Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, which opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

 

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Exhibit planning committee documents, workplan, and budget

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107 KB of textual record

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Planning documentation for the Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, which opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

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Volunteer training materials

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2014 April 14 - 2014 April 23
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837 KB of textual record

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Training materials for volunteers who helped with the Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, which opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

First file is draft materials, second file was the final draft of the training guide.

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Welcoming protocol, drafts and final version

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427 KB of textual record

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Guest welcoming protocol, and exhibit rules/protocol for the Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, which opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

First file contains draft documents, the second file contains the final version.

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Volunteer sign up sheet, schedule document, and orientation material

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2014 April 9 - 2014 April 23
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35.9 MB of textual record

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Blank sign-up sheet, blank schedule, and orientation presentation included in file. Also included in file: volunteer contact information sheet; not included for privacy reasons.
 

For the Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, which opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

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Exhibit opening and closing volunteer duties

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2014 April 17
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178 KB of textual record

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Opening and closing duties for the Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, which opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

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Exhibit installation schedule

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Installation schedule for the Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, which opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

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Information handout for WWOS community conversation

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273 KB of textual record

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Community conversation talking about the Walking With Our Sisters project and volunteer call outs. File contains information package.

Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

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Volunteer task list and fire keeper sign up sheet

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2014 April 9
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752 KB of textual record

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File contains a blank fire keeper sign up sheet and a list of volunteer tasks.
For the Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, which opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

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Walking With Our Sisters information handouts

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832 KB of textual record.- 2 handouts

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File contains information handout looking for volunteers and a handout for guests to the exhibit.
From the Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, which opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

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Exhibit daily tally sheet, event and group schedules

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2014 April 14 - 2014 April 28
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For the Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, which opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

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Community event handout draft

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2014 May 15
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Draft community event write up about the Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, which opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

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Baby vamps

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2014 May 20
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10.5 MB of textual record

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Visual huide of the baby vamps that were made for the Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, which opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

In this file there is a copy of which vamps would be traveling and which ones would be remaining.

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Walking With Our Sisters press releases

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Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre and Algoma University Communications Department 

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2017
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2017
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2017 April 7, 2014 April10
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33.4 KB of textual reord.- 2 press releases

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Press releases for the Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, which opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

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WWOS promotional banners for social media

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2.3 MB of graphic material and textual record.- 4 banners : col. ; (jpeg)

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Socail media banners for the Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, which opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

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WWOS community event posters

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15.7 MB of graphic material and textual record.- 7 posters :  col. ; (jpeg)

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Posters for the community events in preparation for the Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, which opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

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WWOS exhibit posters

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11.5 MB of graphic material and textual record.- 6 posters : col. ; (jpeg)

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Posters for the Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, which opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

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Poster calling for baby vamps

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688 KB of graphic material and textual record.- 1 poster : col. ; (jpeg)

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File converted into PDF.
Call for baby vamps for the Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, which opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

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Exhibit housekeeping signs

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Utility/housekeeping signs for the Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, which opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

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WWOS draft media advisory

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2014 April 29
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345 KB of textual record

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For the Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, which opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

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Photographs of the first community conversation

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11.8 MB of graphic material.- 6 photographs : col. ; (jpeg)

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First community conversation for the Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, which opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

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Photographs of the second community conversation

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34.1 MB of graphic material.- 14 photographs : col. ; (jpeg)

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Second community conversation at the Art Gallery of Algoma for the Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, which opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

This community discussion took place at the Art Gallery of Algoma during Cheryl L’Hirondelle's "Why the Caged Bird Sings: Here I am" which opened Thursday February 27, 2014 at the Art Gallery of Algoma in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario- some of the photographs in this file are of this exhibition.

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Photographs of the third community conversation

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14.1 MB of graphic material.- 4 photographs : col. ; (jpeg)

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The third community conversation for the Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, which opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

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Photographs of the Walking With Our Sisters exhibit at Algoma University

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104 MB of graphic material.- 29 photographs : col. ; (jpeg)

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Photographs of the Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, which opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

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Photographs of a community conversation

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16.8 MB of graphic material.- 5 photographs : col. ; (jpeg)

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Community event discussing the Walking With Our Sisters exhibition, which opened May 5 and ran until May 18 2014, in Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University.

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