The Canadian Library - STE

The Canadian Library | Reconciliation With Indigenous Peoples in CanadaThrough Art. We Reconcile, Reconnect, & Rebuild. The Canadian Library (TCL) is a grassroots art installation project that will act as a memorial to all Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls (MMIWG) and Children.

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Micro Galleries, Everywhere!

The Canadian Library project is a community-engaged installation of over 8,000 hard-cover books, which will be individually covered in Indigenous-inspired fabric, and arranged on bookshelves. The names of lives lost, printed in gold letters, are placed on the spines of these books to individually respect and honour the thousands of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, Girls and children.

TCL hopes that the visual representation of the books covered in glorious Indigenous fabrics and the names of those lost, printed on the spines of the books, will evoke a sense of empathy, understanding and desire to see change.

TCL has, and continues, to consult and collaborate, with a great number of friends from various Indigenous communities, as they guide TCL on necessary and respectful steps to take along this journey. As allies and co-resistors, coming together to support our Indigenous families, TCL hopes to build mutual consent and trust, and to continue support in ways that are meaningful.

Through Art. We Reconcile, Reconnect, & Rebuild.

2022-2024

Scrunchies

Tobacco Ties

Making Scrunchies for the Canadian Library

These lovely scrunchies will look beautiful on your wrist or in your hair as you help spread the word about TCL's initiative and paytribute to the Indigenous women, girls and children whose lives were taken.
You can purchase these scrunchies and/or bookmarks fromy TCL and resell them at your businesses to demonstrate your affiliation with TCL and support the initiative.
The money generated from the sale of these scrunchies and bookmarks will be used to buy additional beautiful Indigenous fabrics from Indigenous vendors to cover books for the Micro Galleries. The scrunchies and bookmarks are made by volunteers using remnants from the book coverings.

Creating Tobacco Ties for Honoured Leaders, Story Tellers & Guests

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