Program

Doors open from 4pm

4:30 PM  Clifford Carl Hall on the ground floor of the Museum

• Welcome
• Dance performance by the Nuu-Cha-Nulth dance group
• Keynote Speaker – Guy Louie Sr.

6:30 PM Light refreshments served

7:15 PM IMAX Victoria

We Were Children

In this feature film, the profound impact of the Canadian government’s residential school system is conveyed through the eyes of two children who were forced to face hardships beyond their years. As young children, Lyna and Glen were taken from their homes and placed in church-run boarding schools, where they suffered years of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, the effects of which persist in their adult lives. We Were Children gives voice to a national tragedy and demonstrates the incredible resilience of the human spirit.