Witness Blanket

1. For everyone out there who is following social isolation, we have teamed up with the @CMHR_News and Media One to share this documentary to watch at home. *Shared with a caution for traumatic content and a small amount of explicit language.* vimeo.com/254051287

Congratulations to artist, scholar & #uvicvisualarts professor Carey Newman on being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada! Read more here: ow.ly/aGbq50TgHUq @uvic @src_rsc @blueraventart @witnessblanket #uvicarts #yyjarts #indigenousartists

Master carver Carey Newman's monumental Witness Blanket tours to the West Vancouver Memorial Library — Stir createastir.ca/articles/west-… @WitnessBlanket @WestVanLibrary @blueravenart

Our class was lucky enough to bear witness to the @WitnessBlanket at @TRUWilliamsLake. We could have spent another hour or two here. Such powerful learning and deep thinking! @GrantGustafso14 @LenardonCheryl #catalinelearns

This week is time to honour and reflect on truth and reconciliation - Check these meaningful and informative classroom resources - @WitnessBlanket @PHECanada #TruthAndReconciliation witnessblanket.ca/?gclid=CjwKCAj…

Discover the voices of Survivors who share the truths of the residential school system. Explore the Witness Blanket, created by Indigenous artist @blueravenart, in partnership with @CMHR_News and proudly supported by TELUS. Visit witnessblanket.ca.

We share this recognition with all the Survivors who shared their experiences, our families, and @orcabook who bring so many crucial stories to the world.

Today the shortlisted nominations for the CCBC Book Awards were announced. Me and Kirstie’s book is nominated for two of them! The TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. and The Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction. bookcentre.ca/news/2023-shor…

David, if the “defamation of Canadian history” you refer to is the fact that a whole lot of kids died in residential schools, then that is well-established in the historical record. Hell, in *1922* doctor Peter Bryce called it a national crime: canadashistory.ca/explore/first-…

Witness Blanket artist aims to create ‘soundtrack of resilience’ using sounds from residential school survivors cheknews.ca/witness-blanke…

Kwakwaka’wakw and Coast Salish multi-disciplinary artist Carey Newman (@blueravenart) is inviting the public to contribute 'a soundtrack of resilience' to the virtual reality Witness Blanket project. Learn more about the national appeal: bit.ly/3MORWQg @uvic @CMHR_News

Kwakwaka’wakw and Coast Salish multi-disciplinary artist @blueravenart, Impact Chair in Indigenous Art Practices at UVic, and Kirk McNally, @uvicMusic associate professor, work with @CamosunInnovate and @CMHR_News to create a ‘soundtrack of resilience’ in the VR @WitnessBlanket.

Witness Blanket VR and sound collection project. A thread:

Seeing RCMP officers, wearing red serge uniforms, standing in front of the Witness Blanket, talking with Survivors who their organization participated in forcibly displacing from family, land, language and culture… 1/2 globalnews.ca/video/9497337/…

Our partners and network do amazing things! We can’t wait to see what they accomplish in the year ahead. Here’s a quick look at what some of them did in 2022: bit.ly/3iCO5ue @WitnessBlanket @VirtualGurus @screensirenpics @Raven_Capital

Still to come are a VR Witness Blanket being made in partnership with @CamosunInnovate, that will feature unique sound design made with Olivia Shortt, Marek Tyler and Kirk McNally and an AR project that is still in development. A decade later and still learning. Gilakas’la.

A recent partnership with @Telus has enabled the expansion and relaunch of witnessblanket.ca making more Survivor experiences available to more people and schools across the country. There are also two books written with co-author @kirstiehudson and published by @orcabook.

10 years ago I started this account, as our family and an incredible team embarked on a journey to make the Witness Blanket. This project has taken me more places and evolved into more than I could have ever imagined. #MyTwitterAnniversary