On Bayfm’s Qalipu today Falle says her father grew up in Codroy Pond, which was french and when he was 12, moved to St. George’s where he needed to learn english. She says her father did not have a good time in school and it was an oppressed way of life.
Each year on September 30th we recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. It’s a day to honour the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Judy Falle is with the Education and Training department of Qalipu First Nations. On Bayfm’s Qalipu today Falle says her father grew up in Codroy Pond, which was french and when he was 12, moved to St. George’s where he needed to learn english. She says her father did not have a good time in school and it was an oppressed way of life. Falle says in school one day, her father asked his brother in french if he would like to go fishing after school and the Nun heard this and sailed across the room at him, which traumatized him. She says that’s where she got the idea to write a children's book, called “Papa and his drum.” Falle says the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools is a vital component of the reconciliation process.
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