A National Photographic Project
Supporting the Aboriginal students who follow the years of the
Canadian Residential School System
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Please read this very special letter of support from |
Two different ways in which you can take part...
First – Contribute Financially
You can support our Aboriginal Bursary and First Nations Computer Technology Fund. Charitable donation receipts are available, upon request, for donations of $20.00 or more.
It is important to note that Choir Director Mary Rogers, all Choir members, and all working for the Aboriginal Bursary and First Nations Computer Fund are volunteers – all funds donated go to support these two education initiatives!
Both the Aboriginal Bursary and the Computer Fund directly help the generations who follow the survivors of the residential school system move towards educational and economic independence.
Second – Submit a Photo
We encourage those who are interested in photography to submit photos that bring into sight the legacy of the Canadian residential school system with the hope for a future where the past is healed, reconciled, and restored.
Here are just a few examples of photographs you might consider submitting!
- Portraits: individuals, couples, families, friends, acquaintances, or colleagues.
- Landscapes: urban, rural, and the natural environment
- Detail images: photos examining the smallest detail of any object expressing hope and restoration
- Sacred places and objects
- Family and friends gathering together in daily life
- Intercultural events
- Learning together: preschools, elementary schools, high schools, university and college
- Intergenerational mentoring and learning
- Sharing cultural identities and traditions
- Ancestral places and locations of spiritual significance
- The reclamation, teaching and sharing of Aboriginal ancestral language
- Technology in the education of First Nations children, youth and adults
- Abstract or stylized images that provide the greatest impact of their message
- Photographs that acknowledge the renaming of traditional First Nations territory – such as renaming the Queen Charlotte Islands to Haida Gwaii
For more photo ideas, visit the Gallery!
For information on submitting photos, click on Submitting Photos.This national project has been created and developed by Mary and Peter Rogers for the Bishop’s Gospel Choir of British Columbia. It has been enthusiastically approved by the Anglican Diocese of British Columbia and supported by the Anglican Church of Canada. We are very excited to have letters of introduction and support from The Right Reverend James A. J. Cowan Bishop of British Columbia and Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.
We look forward to seeing your photos! Thank you so much for your support!
"When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs."
~ Ansel Adams
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