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title: "Join Understanding Kuper Island Discussion Group"
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author: "Stephanie Conte"
created: 2022-09-09T17:27:10Z
updated: 2022-09-09T17:27:10Z
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url: "https://students.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/112/mynews/articles/student-news/7377/join-understanding-kuper-island-discussion-group"
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# Join Understanding Kuper Island Discussion Group

Join Glenna Thomas, Student Life Co-ordinator, Student Experience & Engagement, and Elder Blu Waters, Indigenous Community Engagement Co-ordinator, First Peoples@Seneca, for a weekly discussion in Odeyto at Newnham Campus on [CBC’s Kuper Island podcast](https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1062-kuper-island) hosted by Duncan McCue.

Each week leading up to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation two episodes will be discussed. Discussion groups will take place at 4:30 p.m. on the following days:

- Thursday, Sept. 15
- Thursday, Sept. 22
- Thursday, Sept. 29

The Kuper Island podcast is an eight-part series that tells the stories of four students who attended Canada’s most notorious residential schools.

[Register online](https://forms.office.com/Pages/DesignPageV2.aspx?subpage=design&token=eb4717a7f99f4ec080401e875e5d09c6&id=Svc06-dYi0qeWUM-TEEnV2_7wk36_RVGg5o1OZ6CYmpUQTBWRVJXUzdPUk45RU00WUlBS1c1SzdVOC4u&topview=Preview) to attend the discussion groups. Please not that space is limited.