Museum at former residential school in Portage la Prairie to expand - Winnipeg

Museum at former residential school in Portage la Prairie to expand - Winnipeg

Executive Director Lorraine Daniels says the new building centered on cultural teachings and a dock planned for the riverbank are ways for survivors to reclaim the space.

Museum at former residential school in Portage la Prairie to expand

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Designs have been completed for a major planned expansion to the National Indigenous Residential School Museum of Canada, at the site of the former residential school in Portage la Prairie, Man. Executive director Lorraine Daniels says it will be a place of healing and community. “For some it will bring closure, and continue on with their healing journey,” she says. “It’s a plac…