TRU Law students visit Tk’emlups te Secwepemc
KAMLOOPS — TRU Law students ventured off campus today to hear emotional stories from residential school and Sixties Scoop survivors on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.
The annual field trip provides the rare opportunity for students to view the law through an Indigenous perspective, while recognizing the detrimental effects of past offenses.
“I didn’t know the boogeyman until I came here,” KIRS survivor Eric Mitchell told the students.
Mitchell was one of five panelists to share their stories in front of the first-year Law students at Tk’emlups te Secwepemc.