UWindsor flags will remain lowered for the next several weeks in recognition of the intergenerational effects of residential schools.
In honour of those who have lost their lives and those who have endured, witnessed, and felt the immense pain of the intergenerational effects of residential schools, UWindsor flags will remain lowered for the next several weeks, president Robert Gordon announced in a statement Friday.
“This week we learned about 751 unmarked graves of Indigenous children and adults found by the Cowessess First Nation at the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan,” he wrote. “We recognize that trauma is compounded by these discoveries and that it not only reverberates throughout Indigenous communities across Canada but also impacts many of our colleagues and students on campus and in the surrounding community.”
He encouraged students needing support to contact the Student Counselling Centre at scc@uwindsor.ca to book an appointment, or access free confidential counselling by licensed counsellors via talk or text through the My Student Support program, 1-844-451-9700 or www.uwindsor.ca/MySSP.
Faculty and staff can access confidential support through the Employee and Family Assistance Program, which offers professional and confidential counselling and information services. The National Indian Residential School Crisis Line is also available at 1-866 925-4419.