To honour the children who attended and the survivors, in 2012, the Chief of the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation designed the Mt. Elgin Industrial School – Indian Residential School Monument…Now the Anishinabek Nation Regional Deputy Grand Council Chief for the Southwest Region, Joe Miskokomon explains the symbolism in the monument and relives the day of its unveiling.
“…the whole idea of Residential Schools was to take the Indianess away from the child until they lost their culture, lost their language, lost their heritage; and then, you end up with just concrete – or a white person. So, it’s losing yourself as you walk in.”
Source: The story of the Chippewas of the Thames Indian Residential School Monument