Art, Truth & Reconciliation: Indigenous Testimony in the Aftermath of Canada’s Residential Schools

Upcoming

Thursday, October 1, 2026 – 6:00PM

Beaverbrook Art Gallery

703 Queen Street, Fredericton, NB E3B 1C4

Free

Images: (top left) Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Lets’lo:steltun, Indian Residential School, Leaving theShallow Graves and Going Home, 2022. (top right) Allen Sapp, Recess at Onion Lake School, 1988.(bottom left) Luke Marston, Bentwood Box, 2009. (bottom right) Kent Monkman, The Scream, 2017.

About

Join author Gerald McMaster in conversation with
artists Alan Syliboy and Jake Kimble and curator
Emma Hassencahl-Perley.


Hosted by the Art Canada Institute and the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, this event introduces Art, Truth & Reconciliation, a landmark new publication by Gerald McMaster that examines the enduring impact of the residential school system and the transformative role of Indigenous art in advancing truth, healing, and reconciliation.



Speakers

Gerald McMaster

Alan Syliboy

Jake Kimble

Emma Hassencahl-Perley



Sponsors

Season Sponsor, 2026–2027 Publications


PCC Power Corporation of Canada logo


Lead Sponsor

Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada History Fund)


Gold Sponsor

The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation


Silver Sponsors

Canada Life

Jason Donville


Bronze Sponsors

Mike and Kim Downs

Ontario Arts Council

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