We Remember Arnold Logan Indigenous Soldier WW1
Presented by Terri King, Atlohsa Family Healing Services and Ian McCallum, Indigenous Education Officer, Ministry of Education in Ontario. The Remembrance Day presentation celebrates the short life of Private Arnold Logan (1896-1916). Logan was one of the “first hundred” to sign up for the First Battalion (Western Ontario Regiment) of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) in August 1914. The presentation, given by Logan’s relatives follows Arnold Logan’s life from community to residential school to work on the railway and ultimately being one of the first to enlist in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in August 1914. The presentation will also follow Logan’s time in England, France and Belgium.
PRESENTERS:
Ian McCallum '95 is a member of the Munsee-Delaware First Nation. He works with his community promoting culture, history and is an educator working with the Munsee language. As a PhD student at the University of Toronto, Ian is currently researching best strategies for Munsee language revitalization.
Ian McCallum is an Education Officer in the Indigenous Education Office for the Ministry of Education in Ontario. He has worked in the field of education for more than 20 years in the capacity of classroom and resource teacher as well as a supporting teacher candidates as a seconded faculty of education member. Ian is the Indigenous representative on the Alumni Board of Directors at King's.
Terri King '21 is a member of Beausoleil First Nation and is of mixed ancestry with relatives who are Lenape, Pottawatomi, Irish and British. She is a second-generation residential school survivor with an educational background in Social Services (SSW) and History and Philosophy (BA).
Working from a social justice lens within Atlohsa Family Healing Services’ Homelessness division (Giwetashkad), Terri works to support community through the illnesses of historical and on-going forms of colonization. She has worked in London’s emergency shelter systems for the last 7 years and believes that all community has the right to social equity and safe, attainable housing.
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