Film Screening: If An Owl Calls Your Name (2025)
Come together to watch, listen, reflect, and walk together as we honour the experiences and stories at the heart of Truth and Reconciliation.
Join us at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Orange Shirt Day) for a special in-person screening of If An Owl Calls Your Name (2025). Running time: 94 minutes.
The screening will begin with a welcome and opening blessing from Elder Brenda Dubois, who will help open the gathering and the film in a meaningful way.
The film features Patricia June Vickers, her brother Roy Henry Vickers, along with other Indigenous elders, healers, and activists from the Esk’etemc, Gitxsan, and Wet’suwet’en territories as they reflect upon their lives as forcefully assimilated Canadians. The effects of intergenerational trauma echo through the voices of residential school survivors and their children as they heal from substance abuse, violence, and disconnect from their culture.
Through connection to land, ancestral wisdom, and ceremonial healing they transform darkness into forgiveness and inner reconciliation. Prayers beyond religion, these stories echo a universal yearning for belonging and the sacredness of all life.
Please note:
- For participants aged 16 and older
- Pre-registration encouraged, some seats may be available for walk-in but on a first-come, first-served basis
- CONTENT WARNING: Descriptions of racism, drug and alcohol abuse, child sexual violence
- Counsellor and quiet space will be available on site
Consider participating in the Forgiveness Walk Workshop in the afternoon with Elder Brenda Dubois from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Register for the workshop here.
A virtual screening of If An Owl Calls Your Name (2025) is also available at 10:00 a.m. Register for the virtual screening here. Please note: this is not a stream of the live event, it is a separate virtual screening of the film.
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