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Canada’s grim history of the Residential Schools is one filled with horror and pain. In the Thick of the Smoke is an educational video infographic made for educators to use to communicate the history. The video focuses on the story of the Thunderchild Residential School through the lens of Jenny Spyglass, a residential school survivor.
Thunderchild Residential School is one of many schools that burned down as resistance against the school programs. It became a common means to liberate themselves from suffering under the oppressive system.
In the Thick of the Smoke
Canada’s grim history of the Residential Schools is one filled with horror and pain. In the Thick of the Smoke is an educational video infographic made for educators to use to communicate the history. The video focuses on the story of the Thunderchild Residential School through the lens of Jenny Spyglass, a residential school survivor.
Thunderchild Residential School is one of many schools that burned down as resistance against the school programs. It became a common means to liberate themselves from suffering under the oppressive system.
In my deep research into residential schools across Canada, I found multiple accounts of burnt-down schools for various reasons, many of which were acts of defiance and emancipation. From this, I knew I wanted to focus on a specific school where its students took action against.
Informative videos, I find, are the easiest to digest especially when grappling with grievous matters such as this. Its sole purpose is to be an educational tool, to compel its viewers to watch and learn about our history.
Informative videos, I find, are the easiest to digest especially when grappling with grievous matters such as this. Its sole purpose is to be an educational tool, to compel its viewers to watch and learn about our history.
