Trafalgar Castle School logo featuring an emblem with the year established (1874), symbolizing academic excellence and commitment to virtue.
Trafalgar Castle School logo featuring an emblem with the year established (1874), symbolizing academic excellence and commitment to virtue.

Chi Miigwetch, Mary Kelly

Mary Kelly, a residential school survivor from the Ojibways of Onigaming, smiling and engaging in conversation with a woman wearing a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey, in a setting reflecting community connection and reconciliation.

Edgar Degas once said, “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” That makes sense to me. I often find myself learning through art. It was music in the early 1980s that revealed the brutal injustice of apartheid, prompting me to learn more about the history of South Africa, of activists […]

Trafalgar Welcomes Mary Kelly, Residential School Survivor

Mary Kelly, residential school survivor from the Ojibways of Onigaming, speaking during an event at Trafalgar Castle School for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Thursday marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Trafalgar Castle School was honoured to welcome Mary Kelly, a residential school survivor, to the school to share her firsthand story with Grade 8 to 12 students. Kelly is from the Ojibways of Onigaming and is a citizen of the Anishinaabe Nation. She is also a […]