Accessing Residential School Records

*Content warning: This video relates to Indian Residential Schools. A reminder that the Indian Residential School Survivors Society has a 24 hour Crisis Line available: 1-866-925-4419.*
Panelists: Genevieve Weber (Royal BC Museum), Charlene Belleau (Williams Lake First Nation), and Whitney Spearing (Williams Lake First Nation).
A research team from Williams Lake First Nation discusses how accessing Residential School records help to shape to shape commemorations of school sites and the surrounding communities.
Genevieve Weber is an archivist focusing on outreach, public programming, and Indigenous information sovereignty. In her role at the BC Archives, she has the privilege of working with Indigenous communities from all over the province, assisting with research requests, providing access to records, and facilitating workshops on topics such as researching community history and Indigenous genealogy.