For the teachers

The Indian residential school system and its impact now feature in the school curriculum of every Canadian province and territory. Residential schools are part of Canada’s past, and though they make up the most tragic chapter of the country’s history, no account of the Canadian story is complete without giving it the place it deserves.

WILLIAM can be used as a teaching tool to deepen the learning experience of students aged 13 and older. Through it they will learn, often for the first time, the sad reality of the residential school system. This virtual reality experience can help students become active witnesses of the material they learn in the classroom.

By diving into a dramatic world, they will experience, at a more visceral level, something they could otherwise ignore by confining it to history textbooks. In bringing real events back to life, WILLIAM makes it clear to the user that residential schools are a part of the lives of thousands of Indigenous people who must still deal today with the effects of a system that had a disastrous effect on their culture, their communities, and themselves.

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An Invitation to Discovery and Discuss

Every episode of the series depicts a key event that every young resident had to live out. A pedagogical guide has been developed to accompany teachers in the presentation of the series. For each episode, there is a lesson composed of activities. For example, here are some suggested examples of discussion topics that could precede and follow the viewing of the six episodes.