在11月份，九年级戏剧班的学生们在汤姆·贝恩斯学校（Tom Baines School）开始了他们纪念土著退伍军人的旅程，他们以“我认识你…” 为开场白。在戏剧课上，学生们学到故事定义了我们。要了解一个人，就要了解他们的故事和塑造他们的经历。经过几周的研究一个退伍军人、理解他们的故事、想象他们的生活并写信向他们表达心意，年轻的讲故事者们最终聚集在一起。在一个美好的秋天，围绕着篝火，道格尔蒂先生的戏剧班在圆圈里进行熏香仪式，连接我们的过去、现在和未来，形成一个引人入胜的整体。

格洛丽亚·曼尼托普斯（Gloria Manitopyes）作为土著教育多样性和学习支持顾问，带领着我们进行了熏香仪式，打开我们的眼睛、头脑和心灵，让我们意识到一切事物的相互联系、过去和现在。“我们对土地所做的一切，也是对我们自己所做的，”她告诉学生们。虽然导致冲突的原因很多，但是只有一个确定的事实——在这个世界上建立和平的唯一途径就是关心、爱和分享我们独特的天赋。每个学生都找到了自己脆弱的地方，从心底说出话语，并分享了他们的信件。然后他们将信件放入火中，将这些思想和感情释放到宇宙中。

我们令人难以置信的汤姆·贝恩斯学校的学生们所经历的远超过课程期望；这是加拿大充满希望和美好的国家之所以如此的人才的展示。

我们的学生们展示了真相与和解的真正意义，他们了解了土著老兵在回到家乡时所面临的不公正和不平等。对我们的学生来说，这是一个真正深入而引人深思的旅程，这个阵亡将士纪念日。

​“I know you…” is how Grade 9 Drama students began their journey of honouring Indigenous veterans this November at Tom Baines School. In Drama, students learn that stories define us. To know someone is to know their story and the experiences that have shaped them. Weeks of researching a veteran, understanding their story, imagining their life and writing them a letter from the heart culminated in a gathering of young storytellers. On a beautiful autumn day, around a fire, Mr. Dougherty’s drama classes gathered in a circle to smudge, and link our past, present, and future into a compelling whole.

Gloria Manitopyes, a Diversity and Learning Support Advisor for Indigenous Education, led the smudge and opened our eyes, minds and hearts to the interconnectedness of all things, past and present. “What we do to the land, we do to ourselves,” she told students. While the reasons for conflict are numerous, there is only one certainty—that the only way to build peace in this world is to care, love and share our unique gifts. Each student found their place of vulnerability, spoke from the heart and shared their letter. They then placed their letter into the fire, releasing those thoughts and feelings into the universe.

What transpired with our incredible Tom Baines students was beyond curricular expectations; it was a demonstration of the quality of people who make Canada a hopeful and wonderful country.

Our students demonstrated what Truth and Reconciliation is all about as students learned about the injustice and inequality that Indigenous veterans faced upon returning home. This was truly a deep and compelling journey for our students this Remembrance Day.