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A Reading of The Story of a National Crime

In-person

Indigenous Theatre Truth and Reconciliation
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Location

National Arts Centre

1 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K1P 5W1

Ottawa, ON

Access

Free.

Offered in English.

Wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral washrooms.

About

This event is a staged reading of The Story of a National Crime, a docu-drama by Peter Haworth that was produced and recorded for CBC radio on December 23, 1976. The drama explores long-suppressed documents from 1922 in which Dr. Peter Bryce, the chief Medical Officer for the Department of Indian Affairs, accused Duncan Campbell Scott of genocide for his policies dealing with Residential School System in Canada.

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National Arts Centre

The National Arts Centre (NAC) is Canada’s bilingual, multi-disciplinary home for the performing arts. The NAC presents, creates, produces, and co-produces performing arts programming in various streams—the NAC Orchestra, Dance, English Theatre, French Theatre, Indigenous Theatre, and Popular Music and Variety—and nurtures the next generation of audiences and artists from across Canada.

The NAC is located in the National Capital Region on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation.

Contact

Centre national des Arts – National Arts Centre

info@nac-cna.ca

613-947-7000

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National Arts Centre Ottawa, ON

The National Arts Centre (NAC) is Canada’s bilingual, multi-disciplinary home for the performing arts. The NAC presents, creates, produces, and co-produces performing arts programming in various streams—the NAC Orchestra, Dance, English The...