In recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, NC Hairstyling students will be raising funds for the Mohawk Village Memorial Park — a new park being constructed in honour of the students who attended the former Mohawk Institute Residential School (The Mush Hole) through the sale of orange hair extensions.
On September 16, 23 and 30, students, staff and faculty are encouraged to visit one of the pop-up hairstyling stations located inside the Applied Health Institute entrance and outside of the Core at the Welland campus from 1 to 3 p.m. Students from the Hairstyling program will be on hand to apply orange hair extensions in exchange for a donation.
Orange hair extensions will be available by donation.
In addition to the orange hair extension fundraiser, all proceeds from NC’s Teaching Hair Salon services during the week of September 23 will be donated to Mohawk Village Memorial Park.
This fundraising event was organized by NC Hairstyling Technologist, Samantha Dowty. As a member of the Turtle Clan and the Upper Mohawk First Nations – which is part of the Six Nations of the Grand River – Dowty felt it was important to recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation by supporting the creation of the new Mohawk Village Memorial Park.
For a full list of NC’s events and initiatives in recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, please read the InsideNC article.
In operation from 1828 to 1970, the Mohawk Institute Residential School was the longest operating residential school in Canada and between 90 and 200 children taken from Six Nations and other First Nations were forced to attend the school each year.
