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tpcanoe.bsky.social
For today’s #HiddenHistory of #swont, for #NDTR, Matt & I talked about the #MohawkInstitute & the region’s other #ResidentialSchools. I also plugged our new book on the school’s history: Behind the Bricks. You can listen here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #cdnhist #onpoli #cdnpoli
September 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
tpcanoe.bsky.social
Really thrilled to announce that our new book on the history of the #MohawkInstitute is now available in #OpenAccess format. You can pay for the physical book, but you can also read a digital copy for free. This was a very important choice for us: press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177... #cdnhist #cdnpoli
Behind the Bricks - University of Calgary Press
The story of the Mohawk Institute, Canada’s first and longest-running residential school and a model for the entire residential school system.
press.ucalgary.ca
September 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
tpcanoe.bsky.social
I spent today at the Woodland Cultural Centre as they reopened the #MohawkInstitute building to the public & we launched Behind the Bricks. It was so powerful seeing so many people at a place that was closed off from public eyes for over a century. Here are some pics.
A crowd of several hundred people gathered in front of the Mohawk Institute, a three story building with a porch and balcony held up by four columns. Nine of the authors and editors of Behind the Bricks: The Life and Times of the Mohawk Institute, Canada’s Longest-Running Residential School
September 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
tpcanoe.bsky.social
Really proud to be part of the team working with Rick to publish this new book on the history of the #MohawkInstitute. www.thestar.com/news/insight... #ResidentialSchools #onpoli #onhist #cdnpoli #cdnhist
‘He had no mercy on anybody’: A new book collects Indigenous former residential students’ grim memories of the Mohawk Institute
“Our only crime was being poor,” one former student recalls, “our parents couldn’t feed us the way the Indian agent thought we should be fed.”
www.thestar.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
tpcanoe.bsky.social
Very excited to know that this book is one step closer to existing! #cdnhist #residentialschools #MohawkInstitute - press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177...
Behind the Bricks - University of Calgary Press
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March 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
acporteus.bsky.social
Earlier this year I indexed "Behind the Bricks", a history of the #MohawkInstitute. On Tuesday it was launched at the Woodland Cultural Centre, where the Institute building was reopened as a museum. A powerful book, and a powerful museum.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

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October 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
cdherle.bsky.social
Yesterday I participated in a former residential school virtual tour at the #MohawkInstitute. I can’t imagine how terrified, traumatized, and scared those children were. I am shook and feel disgusted. #OrangeShirtDay #EveryChildMatters #TruthBeforeReconciliation
October 1, 2023 at 1:12 PM
gordkerr1.bsky.social
The Woodland Cultural Centre, a new museum that was once Canada's longest-running residential school in Brantford, Ont., held its grand opening today, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
#MohawkInstitute #SixNations

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'We're still here': Emotions high at opening of museum, once Canada's longest-running residential school | CBC News
The Woodland Cultural Centre, a new museum that was once Canada's longest-running residential school in Brantford, Ont., held its grand opening on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, drawin...
www.cbc.ca
September 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM