Research and Innovation Centre (RINC)
@ Glebe CI
Explore - Investigate - Process - Create
Teacher-Librarian: Ms. A. Barber
Hours: 8:15-3:45
Hours are subject to change
Board Game Play
Mondays and Wednesdays at 3:00pm - 4:30pm
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Understanding Ethical Dimensions of History
What do historical injustices and sacrifice mean for us today?
Example: WWII Japanese Internment
Notice for the forced evacuation of Japanese Canadians from the B.C. coast. This notice appeared in the Vancouver Sun and Vancouver Province newspapers in June 1942.
© Vancouver Public Library / VPL Accession No. 12851 / CD No. 159
P.M. Mulroney's Apology to Japanese Canadians 1988 from CBC Digital Archives
British Columbia apologizes, 2012
Relocation of Japanese-Canadians to camps in the interior of British Columbia 1942-46.
Credit: Tak Toyota/Library and Archives Canada/C-047066
Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre
Conscience and the Constitution
Video and website by PBS
Japanese Americans refuse to fight for WWII USA until their rights as American citizens are restored.
Residential Schools
A History of Residential Schools in Canada:
FAQs on residental schools, compensation and he Truth and Reconciliation Commission
by CBC News (includes photo)
From the introduction of Truth and Reconciliation Commission's document:
"There is an emerging and compelling desire to put the events of the past behind us so that we can work towards a stronger and healthier future...The truth of our common experiences will help set our spirits free and pave the way to reconciliation."