Photos of Alert Bay from a Reader

Patrick Brooks has shared some wonderful photos of Alert Bay, and the abandoned St. Michael’s Residential School, before it was torn down. Alert Bay, BC | Flickr

Book Review in Ormsby Review by J.M. Miller

Four months at Alert Bay January 5, 2022January 6, 2022 St. Michael’s Residential School: Lament and Legacyby Nancy Dyson and Dan Rubenstein Vancouver: Ronsdale Press, 2020$21.95 / 9781553806233 Reviewed by J.R. (Jim) Miller * In the summer of 1970 Nancy Dyson and Dan Rubinstein, recently…

Interview with Paul Graif, Kahnake 107.3 Radio

 Partyline Talkshow December 10th 2021.mp3

October 20, 2021 Reconciliation and Indigenous Justice News from The United Church of Canada Community Education for Reconciliation

St. Michael’s Residential School: Lament & Legacy Two former staff of Alert Bay Student Residence (formerly the St. Michael’s residential school) in British Columbia have published the story of their time at the residence in 1970. Nancy Dyson and Dan Rubenstein were hired as child…

Article in Global News, 30 September 2021, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

‘No one is exempt’: Former B.C. residential school caretakers on truth and reconciliation ByAmy Judd  Global NewsPosted September 30, 2021 1:00 pm Updated September 29, 2021 11:03 pm ‘No one is exempt’: Former B.C. residential school caretakers on truth and reconciliation | Globalnews.ca

Interview with Breakfast Television, Rogers TV, 27 September 2021

Two former residential school workers share their stories (bttoronto.ca)

St. Michael’s Residential School: Lament & Legacy is Available on Kobo

St. Michael’s Residential School Lament & Legacyby Dan Rubenstein, Nancy DysonIn 1970, Nancy Dyson and Dan Rubenstein were hired as childcare workers at the Alert Bay Student Residence (known as St. Michael’s Indian Residential School) on northern Vancouver Island. Shocked when Indigenous children are forcibly taken…

Readers Comments

Hi Nancy and Dan, hope you are enjoying the Summer and perhaps are even ready beginning the prep for the Fall months incoming faster than expected.I’m just dropping this email to say, chi-meegwetch for writing your book and for sharing it with us here…

Book in Third Printing, Copies Should be Available Across Canada. Electronic Copy Soon. 17 July 2021

Interview on the Roy Green Show, Sunday 15 August 2021, 4:30 PM EST.

If you visit www.roygreenshow.com you will find the audio of our interview available for listening and downloading. The Roy Green Show