CANADA
Williams Lake Tribune
by Monica Lamb-Yorski – Williams Lake Tribune
posted Oct 2, 2014
First Nations from surrounding communities and as far away as Bella Bella and Kitimat gathered Thursday at Sugar Cane to mark the 20th anniversary of the Residential School Survivors Society.
It was Williams Lake Indian Band’s turn to host the society’s AGM, which they marked with an elders’ tour, a community dinner, drumming and presentations.
The society provides education, workshops, art therapy, information sessions, health and support services. said finance administrator Christine Johnson who works out of the North Vancouver office and is originally from Alkali Lake.
Aside from North Vancouver there are offices in Williams Lake, Downtown Vancouver, Penticton, Kamloops and Terrace.
“We are still feeling the impacts of residential schools today,” said Chief Mike Archie of Canim Lake. “There’s a lot of history there but our strength will come in how we move forward.”
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