Exhibit at Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre wins award

Sault museum to screen Indigenous play The Sault Museum and Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre are hosting a special screening of a local play, for Indigenous History Month.

The Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre at Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie is being honoured with a prestigious award from the Ontario Museum Association.

The centre received the award of excellence in exhibitions for the world-famous exhibit, called Reclaiming Shingwauk Hall.

It is the first permanent, survivor-driven exhibition in a former residential school building.

The exhibit transformed the hallways and former auditorium within Shingwauk Hall into an exhibition space.

It was built and is curated by the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association, as well as residential school survivors and local First Nations.