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How I Survived Podcast
Hosted by NWTRPA · EN
How I Survived is a podcast about recreation at residential and day schools in Canada’s North that celebrates the strength, resilience, spirit, and creativity of former students and Survivors.
How I Survived is a collaboration between the NWT Recreation and Parks Association and the University of Alberta.
The research and podcast have been supported by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the NWT and Nunavut Lotteries, and the Government of Canada’s Department of Heritage.
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Sharon Firth
Feb 11, 202500:39:47Tap to summarizeSharon Firth were born and raised on a trapline near Akłarvik (Aklavik). She was institutionalized at Stringer Hall in Innuvik (Inuvik).
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Agnes Kuptana
Feb 4, 202500:37:59Tap to summarizeAgnes Kuptana was born in an iglu and raised on the land near Uluksaqtuuq (Uluhaktok), Northwest Territories. She was institutionalized at the Coppermine Tent Hostel in Kugluktuk, the Cambridge Bay Hostel, and Stringer Hall in Inuuvik (Inuvik).
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Ernie Bernhardt
Nov 26, 202400:43:20Tap to summarizeErnie Bernhardt spent almost his entire childhood at residential school, from the age of ten months until he became an adult. He was institutionalized at Immaculate Conception Indian Residential School in Akłarvik (Aklavik), Akaitcho Hall in Sǫǫ̀mbak'è (Yellowknife), and Grandin College in Tthebacha (Fort Smith).
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Beatrice Bernhardt
Nov 19, 202400:40:46Tap to summarizeBeatrice Bernhardt grew up on the land in a camp in the Kugluktuk area, in what is now Nunavut. When she was six years old, Beatrice was taken from her close-knit family by float plane to Inuuvik (Inuvik). She spent the next nine years institutionalized at Grollier Hall.
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Dave Poitras
Nov 12, 202400:44:49Tap to summarizeDave Poitras was born on a trapline near Fort Chipewyan, Alberta. Between the ages of four and eleven, Dave was institutionalized at Holy Angels, a Catholic residential school in Fort Chip.
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Rassi Nashalik
Oct 21, 202400:37:21Tap to summarizeRassi Nashalik was raised at an outpost camp near Pangniqtuuq (Pangnirtung). In 1964, when she was 10 years old, Rassi was taken from her family to attend residential school in Pangniqtuuq. She was also institutionalized at the Churchill Vocational Centre in Churchill, Manitoba.
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Introducing How I Survived
Aug 12, 202400:35:11Tap to summarizeIn this episode, project co-leads Crystal Gail Fraser and Jess Dunkin introduce listeners to How I Survived, a research project and now podcast about recreation at residential and day schools in the Canadian North.
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