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By: Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 10:39:19 +0000

In reply to Tracy.

Hi Tracy, I will send you an email to see what we can do!

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By: Tracy

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 03:32:25 +0000

My grandmother was a nurse there in the late 40’s. I have found items I’m not sure the story behind why she had one specific thing I found.
If you know who would look at it I would be so appreciative.
Thank you
Tracy

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By: Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail

Wed, 04 Aug 2021 17:59:16 +0000

In reply to Bev Cardinal Morin.

Hi Bev, I got your email too and look forward to connecting with you soon about this.

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By: Bev Cardinal Morin

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 15:44:39 +0000

In reply to Louise Beaulieu.

HI Louise do you remember anything about he babies or what may have happened to them like how did they die etc?

thank you
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By: Bev Cardinal Morin

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 15:25:21 +0000

In reply to historiandmc.

HI how are you? can you tell me anything that went on with babies in charles camsell hospital or where i can get more info?

thanks
Bev

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By: Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail

Mon, 12 Jul 2021 09:43:52 +0000

In reply to Colleen Atkinson.

Thank you for posting this comment and update. I wish I could go in person and visit with them. I hope many others who are local do (in a Covid-safe way).

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By: Colleen Atkinson

Mon, 12 Jul 2021 00:19:59 +0000

I believe it is now day 17 of the Indigenous group that hold honour ceremonies at the West side of the hospital from 7pm to 1030 pm. There is music, drumming, singing and sharing of personal stories. Fellowship. There is also a petition going around that requests construction stops until such time that a search for unmarked graves be conducted.

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By: Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 09:07:06 +0000

In reply to Kevin Jackson.

Thank you for sharing your perspective, and your mother’s experience working there. I think we have seen clearly during the COVID pandemic how dedicated many health care practioners are, and the toll their work can take on them. I also think we’ve witnessed cases of terrible racism when Indigenous people have gone to seek care, and an inherently unjust system we’re all seeing with new eyes. How can we reconcile these things? How can we see the both/and of this history and the present-day? I think that’s a struggle many of us settlers and non-Indigenous folks are going through.

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By: Kevin Jackson

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 16:58:24 +0000

What a wonderful film, and I am sure the challenge of condensing a huge amount of information into a small timeframe was a real challenge.
I know and appreciate the strength these Indigenous people have to endure such difficulties. My comments and awareness is directed toward the nurses that worked there. My mother worked there when she first graduated nursing in the late 50s early 60s. She talks about the challenges of working with children on the wards that were extremely sick. The physical and mental toll on them was tremendous. But even on their days off they would take the children out on tours of the zoo and playgrounds at their own expense. Mother’s of these children gave them little gifts for their kindness. But somehow all the good that went on in the hospital has gone unnoticed.

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By: Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail

Sun, 06 Jun 2021 14:29:57 +0000

In reply to Dee.

Thank you for visiting the site and taking the time to watch the video that I created in 2015, at the very beginning of my research journey New information is coming to light every day in the records and from the former patients and family members who have trusted me to witness their stories. Did I do the best I could with what I knew then? Yes. Would I do better now? I hope so. Thank you again for taking the time to visit and comment. I will update the contextual information around the video shortly.

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