Witness Blanket

Blanket made from 880+ pieces and stories related to Residential Schools. @blueravenart #TruthAndJusticeBeforeReconciliation

[Witness Blanket @WitnessBlanket]

1. For everyone out there who is following social isolation, we have teamed up with the @CMHR_News and Media One to share this documentary to watch at home.

*Shared with a caution for traumatic content and a small amount of explicit language.*

https://t.co/WTX7B8hyES

[UVic Fine Arts @uvic_finearts]

Congratulations to artist, scholar & #uvicvisualarts professor Carey Newman on being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada! Read more here: https://t.co/bsYk1Ayuip
@uvic @src_rsc @blueraventart @witnessblanket #uvicarts #yyjarts #indigenousartists

[Stir Vancouver @stir_vancouver]

Master carver Carey Newman's monumental Witness Blanket tours to the West Vancouver Memorial Library — Stir https://t.co/AkWxg4em1y @WitnessBlanket @WestVanLibrary @blueravenart

[Tess Riley @TessRileyVP]

Our class was lucky enough to bear witness to the @WitnessBlanket at @TRUWilliamsLake. We could have spent another hour or two here. Such powerful learning and deep thinking! @GrantGustafso14 @LenardonCheryl #catalinelearns

[Melanie Davis @MDPHECanada]

This week is time to honour and reflect on truth and reconciliation - Check these meaningful and informative classroom resources - @WitnessBlanket @PHECanada #TruthAndReconciliation https://t.co/qUNS6FohgB

[TELUS @TELUS]

Discover the voices of Survivors who share the truths of the residential school system. Explore the Witness Blanket, created by Indigenous artist @blueravenart, in partnership with @CMHR_News and proudly supported by TELUS. Visit https://t.co/lv1vXk16YW.

[Carey Newman - Hayalthkin'geme @blueravenart]

We share this recognition with all the Survivors who shared their experiences, our families, and @orcabook who bring so many crucial stories to the world.

[Carey Newman - Hayalthkin'geme @blueravenart]

Today the shortlisted nominations for the CCBC Book Awards were announced. Me and Kirstie’s book is nominated for two of them!

The TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award.

and

The Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction.
https://t.co/5lymTTTfTP

[Melissa Martin @DoubleEmMartin]

David, if the “defamation of Canadian history” you refer to is the fact that a whole lot of kids died in residential schools, then that is well-established in the historical record. Hell, in *1922* doctor Peter Bryce called it a national crime: https://t.co/oxI90iR2Pj

[🆁🅾🅳🅽🅴🆈 🅿🅾🆁🆃🅴🆁 @RodneyPorterPR]

Applied research by @CamosunInnovate to create a soundtrack for the @WitnessBlanket with @blueravenart #bcpse #cdnpse #witnessblanket

[CHEK News @CHEK_News]

Witness Blanket artist aims to create ‘soundtrack of resilience’ using sounds from residential school survivors
https://t.co/erPYarSFjz

[Camosun College @Camosun]

Kwakwaka’wakw and Coast Salish multi-disciplinary artist Carey Newman (@blueravenart) is inviting the public to contribute 'a soundtrack of resilience' to the virtual reality Witness Blanket project. Learn more about the national appeal: https://t.co/qfUvcdYWvz

@uvic @CMHR_News

[UniversityOfVictoria @uvic]

Kwakwaka’wakw and Coast Salish multi-disciplinary artist @blueravenart, Impact Chair in Indigenous Art Practices at UVic, and Kirk McNally, @uvicMusic associate professor, work with @CamosunInnovate and @CMHR_News to create a ‘soundtrack of resilience’ in the VR @WitnessBlanket.

[Witness Blanket @WitnessBlanket]

Witness Blanket VR and sound collection project. A thread:

[Carey Newman - Hayalthkin'geme @blueravenart]

1. We have been been developing a Virtual Reality Witness Blanket. VR needs sound and I am excited to announce that, in the same way that we gathered the objects and stories for the original Blanket...
https://t.co/KjPADiP76P

[Carey Newman - Hayalthkin'geme @blueravenart]

Seeing RCMP officers, wearing red serge uniforms, standing in front of the Witness Blanket, talking with Survivors who their organization participated in forcibly displacing from family, land, language and culture… 1/2

https://t.co/mahM8zTDev

[Animikii @animikii]

Our partners and network do amazing things! We can’t wait to see what they accomplish in the year ahead. Here’s a quick look at what some of them did in 2022: https://t.co/cjbQUezQhr

@WitnessBlanket @VirtualGurus @screensirenpics @Raven_Capital

[Witness Blanket @WitnessBlanket]

Still to come are a VR Witness Blanket being made in partnership with @CamosunInnovate, that will feature unique sound design made with Olivia Shortt, Marek Tyler and Kirk McNally and an AR project that is still in development. A decade later and still learning. Gilakas’la.

[Witness Blanket @WitnessBlanket]

10 years ago I started this account, as our family and an incredible team embarked on a journey to make the Witness Blanket. This project has taken me more places and evolved into more than I could have ever imagined.
#MyTwitterAnniversary

[Witness Blanket @WitnessBlanket]

A recent partnership with @Telus has enabled the expansion and relaunch of https://t.co/0GYnGjFXJB making more Survivor experiences available to more people and schools across the country. There are also two books written with co-author @kirstiehudson and published by @orcabook.