‘More people are standing with us’ says residential school survivor Jennifer Wood – APTN News
Sep 30, 2025
At the age of 13, Jennifer Wood remembers being in a car driving up to the Portage La Prairie Indian Residential School with her suitcase and not comprehending what was going on until her father said he would see her at Christmas.
At the time, Wood was living in Bunibonibee Cree Nation, nearly 1,000 kilometres northeast of Portage.
Wood said it was a real culture shock. She felt lonely and alone but said she decided to take on an attitude of positiveness.
