Stories, updates and reflections from our project
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June 5, 2020
The visual skills developed in documentary photography — attention, composition, authentic presence — turn out to be deeply transferable across the full range of contemporary visual media.
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May 15, 2020
Media arts practitioners understand better than most what it takes to capture genuine human interaction on camera.
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April 2020
Shared games have long been a lifeline for people living in group homes and care settings — and that tradition carries forward today.
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March 2020
Being a francophone survivor in Ontario adds a particular dimension to the institutional experience — one of language and cultural identity.
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February 2020
Building genuine community bonds outside of institutional walls is both a challenge and a triumph — one that survivors navigate every day.
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January 28, 2020
Members of the MWH team meet with other self-advocates to find out, What is most important in your life?
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January 28, 2020
MTE team members meet with self-advocates to find out what is most important in life.
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February 18, 2020
We review and discuss our footage to help shape our story.
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February 18, 2020
Our film is taking shape! The MTE team reviews its footage and discovers documentary storytelling through a collective process.
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January 2020
Memory Witness and Hope is grateful to the students and teachers at Lester B. Pearson Catholic High School in Ottawa for hosting Robert and Natalie.
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December 29, 2019
Two very important guests and institutional survivors join us before the holidays: Cindy Scott and Justin Clark.
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December 2019
The closure of the Rideau Regional Centre in 2009 marked the end of an era — but for survivors, bearing witness to that history is only the beginning.
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December 1, 2019
We meet at the public library for a final round of editing.
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December 1, 2019
We meet at the library for a final round of editing on Robert Concordia's illustrated story about the Rideau Regional Centre.
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November 28, 2019
"What is the most important thing in life?" We interview each other and get ready to ask this question to other self-advocates.
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November 2019
Documentary filmmaking and photography gave participants new tools for advocacy — and new ways of seeing their own stories.
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November 18, 2019
See our latest work — photographs, video clips, and written passages from the MTE team's growing body of media arts projects.
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October 21, 2019
Marcel and Maurice display framed copies of the Ontario government's apology to survivors.
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2019
Group art projects let us think through issues like ableism.
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2019
We were honoured to be joined by Rideau Regional survivor David McKillop, President of People First of Ontario.
