This is an archived event from Culture Days 2022.
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A Reading of The Story of a National Crime
In-person
Indigenous Theatre Truth and ReconciliationDate and time
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.
Organizer
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.
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National Arts Centre
National Arts Centre Ottawa, ONThe 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...