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Reclaiming our pasts,
Shaping our futures

Memory Witness and Hope: Sharing Stories About Surviving Institutions
Memory Witness and Hope brought together French- and English-speaking institutional survivors labelled with intellectual disabilities.
We used art and video to tell our stories and learn new skills.
Explore our work
Memory Witness and Hope is now finished.
This website serves as a repository of resources created through our project. You can explore our work below, or by visiting our Resources page.
Illustrated story
I Remember Rideau Regional
by Robert Concordia
Participant videos
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Doug Marr
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Marcel Giroux
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Harry LaRocque
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Maurice Villeneuve
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Robert Concordia
Group video
Lesson plans for secondary school teachers
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Introduction - Memory Witness and Hope: A Unit of Study
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Lesson 1: Memory - The History of Ontario's Institutions for People with Developmental Disabilities
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Lesson 2: Witness - Learning from Survivors' Stories
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Lesson 3: Hope - Learning from the Past: Justice, Not Apologies
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Lesson 4: Take Action - Towards an Anti-Ableist Future
Supplementary Tools
KWL Chart
Anti-Ableist Initiative
Anti-Ableist Initiative - Rubric
*All resources are available in both French and English.
To access French-language versions, click here.
Visit our Blog to see photos and learn about our process!

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