Raye Sime Duchesne

I feel like I write how I talk which I tried not to do so much for this course. I am a way better last minute writer, like if I feel like I am under pressure something way better will… Continue Reading →

I am not very good at this as you can tell, I like the alternative to an exam but the e-portfolio I feel is way to confusing and complicated. If there were an easier way to do something similar to… Continue Reading →

Though I am all for the idea that we do a project instead of an exam, I do feel I was not prepared for this project. It is probably because history is not my strongest subject. But I definitely agree… Continue Reading →

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/at-least-4000-aboriginal-children-died-in-residential-schools-commission-finds This article shows hardship faced even though it was after the time I was writing about. It still proved that a genocide was committed against indigenous children.

I find historical thinking and writing quite challenging for a few reasons. I feel that being able to be unopinionated is a good quality that I do not have. I also am not a person that can sit and read… Continue Reading →

http://Carney, Robert, “Aboriginal Residential Schools Before Confederation: The Early Experience,” Canadian Catholic Historical Association, Historical Studies, 61 (1995), 13 – 40. This is a secondary source I used which provided a lot of information for my paper.

Industrial schools over all were an uninviting experience for children who were often faced with cultural destruction, abuse and that ended in something similar to a genocide of indigenous children. Though the intent may have been positive to the settlers they… Continue Reading →