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Monday, April 3, 2017

Reconciliation Pole at UBC nails the past to confront harsh reality of residential schools

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Reconciliation Pole at UBC nails the past to confront harsh reality of residential schools

One of the most distinctive parts of Reconciliation Pole are the copper nails. It has 68,000 of them pounded flat into the surface. Each one represents an indigenous child who died at residential schools across the country, said Haida artist James Hart, who was commissioned to design and carve the totem pole. Click here to read more ...

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