research showcase 2025: panel discussion - "bringing our children home initiative"

about the event

the research team for the bringing our children home initiative will talk about their work and the protocols that were established by the survivor committee to guide and direct the research. the goal is to gather evidence about the experiences of children who were taken to pelican lake indian residential school including survival testimony especially to identify/find children who went missing or died.

panelists

• barbara ruotsalainen, initiative director, bikiiwewinig nindawaashishiimanaanak bikewewinagwa kibi’noonjiminanik/bringing our children home initiative.
• lauren augustine is a community researcher, bikiiwewinig nindawaashishiimanaanak bikewewinagwa kibi’noonjiminanik/bringing our children home initiative.
• fern chisel is a community researcher, bikiiwewinig nindawaashishiimanaanak bikewewinagwa kibi’noonjiminanik/bringing our children home initiative.
• denise baxter is the vice provost of indigenous initiatives at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 and a member of marten falls first nation
• juan sanchez martinez is a professor in the department of indigenous learning.
• kristin burnett is the chair of the indigenous learning department and a historian.