Prince Edward Island Cultural History Walk
Cooper Institute with partial funding from Canadian Heritage designed and implemented Prince Edward Island Cultural History Walk. It consists of ten three-section display panels depicting the beginning and continuity of major cultural groups in PEI, beginning over 20,000 years ago with the Mi'maq people up to the present-day "newcomers to Canada". The panels are accompanied by an approved guide for use of the teacher/presenter. The Walk is an interactive cultural learning experience, designed to engage students and community groups in a deeper understanding and appreciation of the diversity of cultures in PEI and of the time-line representing the origins and arrivals of the various cultures. It is a two-year project. It was successfully piloted the first year, 2006-07, in a number of schools and community events. In 2007-08 the display will be made of more permanent materials and will be loaned to schools for a number of weeks at a time and be made available to community groups and churches on request. In the long term, the project aims to promote higher visibility and affective inclusion of the various cultures, thereby contributing to attitudes and policies which counteract isolation and exclusion which contribute to racism.