I chose to represent each picture within a building block. The bottom layer does not have defining lines breaking it into different parts because it is history, and it can not be changed. It starts with the residential school where children were abused and loss their culture.  Following into the next blocks, the survivors were able to go back to their community to gather with their families. The harsh truth was that these people did not feel like they belonged to their family because they lost so much time. With their culture being beaten out of them they were sad that they could no longer understand their family’s beliefs.  The final block in the middle represents the survivors coming forward and speaking about their past. Making sure that everyone in Canada understand what they have been through. It was highly traumatic and should not go under the radar. Now to move onto the top two blocks this is now where we are in this time frame. We have started the movement of Every Child Matters which we wear an orange shirt in recognition of what has happened in the Indigenous culture. It is a time for change in what we teach in our curriculum. It has been hidden deep underneath in what I like to call fluff because growing up all I learnt about the Indigenous culture was the bare minimum. We hear about residential schools, but it was not the focus for Canadian history. People are in need of knowing the past so they can understand what has happened. The past was not the best in Canadian history, but we now can change what is happening for the future. The final piece to my aesthetic response is the cartoon person holding the final building block. This can not be placed at the top until the information is understood by all. You can not finish the tower until you can say I KNOW, and I WILL make a difference!

This aesthetic response represents the hierarchy of learning. You need to start at the bottom to move to the deeper questions at the top. With this topic the past is large, and it will take time to move deeper into understanding. If you take it, one building block at a time it will be easier to understand. Each part is important and should not go unnoticed. We just need to open our brains so our mind does not hold any grudges towards the new information it will be processing.