National Aboriginal Day 2008
Broadcast schedule
National Aboriginal Day special offerings on CBC Radio
Last Updated: Friday, June 20, 2008 | 4:39 PM ET
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Saturday, June 21:
RADIO 1: An hour of music and comedy with the Almost Ready for Self-Government Players, and special musical guest Shane Yellowbird at 3 p.m. Recorded live June 9 at CBC in Regina.
RADIO 2: Canada Live. In response to the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, CBC Radio celebrates Canadian aboriginal culture by commissioning several music works by aboriginal artists based around the idea of reconciliation and what that means to individual artists across the country. Celebrate the diverse culture of our indigenous peoples with a special concert featuring five of Toronto's best aboriginal music artists, Jani Lauzon with the Sucalejani Ensemble, Nadjiwan, Morning Star River, MC Wabs Whitebird and Digging Roots.
Sunday, June 22:
RADIO 1: Tapestry: The Story of Pastedechouan. In the 1600s, Roman Catholic missionaries came to North America to convert the native people to Christianity.
In 1620, an 11-year-old Innu boy called Pierre-Anthoine Pastedechouan was taken to France, given a lavish baptism and rigorous theological education and after five years was brought back to help convert his fellow Innu. But Pastedechouan became tragically – and fatally – stranded between the two faiths.
Host Mary Hynes interviews Emma Anderson, professor of North American religious history at the University of Ottawa, the author of The Betrayal of Faith: The tragic journey of a colonial native convert. 2:05 p.m. ET, AT, CT. 2:35 NT. 3:05 PT. 4:05 MT.
Photo exhibit
In addition, as part of CBC’s participation in National Aboriginal Day, June 21, CBC Toronto is hosting a number of events leading up to the day, including a major photo installation in the Barbara Frum Atrium—Where are the Children? Healing the Legacy of the Residential Schools.
The photo exhibit, presented by the Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF), is a historically accurate, bilingual exhibit funded by the Government of Canada, through Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada (IRSRC). Opened on June 18, 2002, the exhibit consists of archival photo reproductions, text panels and pop-up banners, and serves to commemorate and honour survivors of residential schools.
In addition, the exhibit has served as an effective means of educating individuals about the residential school system in Canada, the experiences of survivors and how this system has shaped the history of all Canadian provinces and territories. An online versionof the exhibit was created in 2005. The exhibit and a loop of CBC’s Stolen Children television news coverage (Graham Spry Theatre) will run from June 18 to 22.
