I wanted to write an essay to propose a national historic site to honour Chanie Wenjack and all former students of the Residential Schools.
I have concocted a story about my great-great-great-great grandfather, Chung Yip Lee, who came to Canada in 1858.
This essay proposes to name the site of a former residential school as a National Historic Site of Canada.
Ce concours me permet de partager une brève partie des Premières Nations de ma ville au Canada.
I chose this question because having a residential school as a National Historic Site contributes to a more inclusive history of Canada.
The railway is important in my mind because without it the country may have been shaped very differently.
