The powerful memoir of a Vancouver Island residential school survivor – FNHA
March 25, 2025
On March 11, FNHA’s Vancouver Island team attended the book launch of The Defiant 511 of the Alberni Indian Residential School at the Tseshaht First Nation in Port Alberni.
The memoir, written by Evelyn Thompson-George, shares the personal and powerful story of her father, Art Thompson, who endured horrific trauma at the Alberni Indian Residential School.
“This book was written to give my father a voice again,” Evelyn said. “This is his story, and it’s heartbreaking to know that it is just one of many—one boy’s experience in a broken system that affected thousands of Indigenous children.”
