Students at Hugh Boyd Secondary in Richmond created a video and two school hallway displays for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
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Students at Hugh Boyd Secondary in Richmond created a video and a hallway display as part of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation activities at the school.
The project was inspired by the picture book “Be a Good Ancestor” by Leona Prince, and Hugh Boyd social justice teacher Michael Taylor said the book’s theme centres on the cause-and-effect “ripple effect of our actions.”
Taylor said the video shows students and teachers reading aloud from the book, and includes contributions from former Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould and Prince, who sent clips of themselves reading excerpts.
Taylor said the hallway displays created by students emphasize the ripple effect that one small act of reconciliation can have on “ourselves, our school community, our Richmond community and the broader world.”
One of the displays focused on the Fraser River and highlighted its importance to the Musqueam Nation. All Hugh Boyd students wrote one act of reconciliation commitment on a raindrop cutout and added it to the river and on school windows to demonstrate the “ripple effect” it can have on others.
A second hallway display was created with the help of Grade 6 and 7 students at Diefenbaker Elementary. The display reads “Every Child Matters” and includes student-made pastel illustrations of the Fraser River basin and delta, with handprint cutouts of participating students placed on the same display.
Taylor said they wanted to give students confidence about the actions they take on the topic and to teach the ripple effect of their actions.
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