Abigail Companion

To Whom it May Concern,

My name is Abigail Companion and I am a fourth-year student at St. Francis Xavier University. During the past semester I was enrolled in a course titled “Advanced Social Psychology of the Holocaust”. This course opened my eyes to many current issues and flaws within Canada’s education system. I have always been a student who was interested in History, especially the Holocaust and the residential schools. As a young child, I would take books out from the library to try and learn more about what exactly the Holocaust was and more importantly, WHY it happened. In terms of residential schools in Canada, I was completely unaware of what happened until grade 11. The only reason I found this information out is because I am an Indigenous woman and at a band meeting, they mentioned what had happened. After this meeting, I quickly went home to find out more. Again, the only reason I was gaining more information was because I personally was doing the searching, with zero aid from my education institution.