The Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre (SRSC) has launched the results of the \u201cHealing and Education Through Digital Access\u201d project funded by the\u00a0National Heritage Digitization Strategy. This project received $86,890 in funding to digitize and make available unique archival records which document the early years of the Shingwauk and Wawanosh Indian Residential Schools. By preserving and providing community access to these records the SRSC seeks to enhance Canada\u2019s understanding of residential schools and reconciliation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis project is directly connected to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada\u2019s calls to action directed at archives and post-secondary institutions,\u201d shared Researcher and Curator Krista McCracken. \u201cGuided by Shingwauk Survivors, this project was based in community archival practices which make historical material available based on the needs and desires of the Survivor community. By digitizing this material the SRSC is increasing knowledge of the early years of the Residential School System in Canada and enriching public discussions about reconciliation.\u201d<\/p>\n
This initiative was focused on making accessible 10 letter books from the early history of the Shingwauk and Wawanosh Indian Residential Schools. The letter books range in date from 1876 to 1904 and include letters from the first principal Edward F. Wilson and the fourth principal George L. King to various recipients including government officials,\u00a0church representatives, white and Indigenous community members, former students, and more. The letters are of particular relevance for understanding the social, political and intellectual network in which Residential Schools operated.<\/p>\n
The letters books and their descriptions are now available on\u00a0the Algoma Archives website<\/a>, as well as on the\u00a0Internet Archive<\/a>. The information in these letter books is invaluable to researchers, Survivors and their families, and the wider public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre (SRSC) has launched the results of the \u201cHealing and Education Through Digital Access\u201d project funded by the\u00a0National Heritage Digitization Strategy. This project received $86,890 in funding to digitize and make available unique archival records which document the early years of the Shingwauk and Wawanosh Indian Residential Schools. By preserving and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-25 13:40:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24248,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24247\/revisions\/24248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}