Special Episode: Interview with Elder Randy Fred
Please be advised, the following content in this episode contains descriptions of assault, sexual assault, and suicide.
This special episode of We Need to Talk About Bryce does not follow our usual format of hearing and reacting to excerpts of The Story of a National Crime. Instead, it is a one-on-one interview between our host, Bobby Henry, and Elder Randy Fred. In this episode, we are given an amazing opportunity to speak with a change-maker. Elder Randy Fred, or Uncle Randy, hails from the Tseshaht First Nation, in Port Alberni, BC. After living in paradise in Barclay Sound, he attended the Alberni Indian Residential School for 9 years. He was a plaintiff in the precedent-setting case, Blackwater, where the United Church of Canada and the Government of Canada were sued for sexual abuse. This case led to the Alternative Dispute Resolution and the formation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. After a lifetime of working in multimedia he is now an Elder-in-Residence at Vancouver Island University.
Host and Guest
Bobby Henry
Education Collaborator and Podcast Host
Stanley (Bobby) Henry, OCT, is of the Ball Deer Clan. He is a member of the Cayuga Nation, a nation of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. He is a community member of Six Nations of the River Territory and has spent 15+ years of his life in K-12 Cayuga language immersion education. He is a Ph.D. student in Trent University’s Ph.D. program in Indigenous Studies and holds a Master of Education degree in Indigenous Education from Lakehead University. Bobby is an Assistant Professor in Brock University’s Faculty of Education. His research interests are issues in Indigenous education, Indigenous language pedagogies and regeneration, and decolonizing and Indigenizing PK-12 education.
Elder Randy Fred
Project Collaborator
Elder Randy Fred, or Uncle Randy, hails from the Tseshaht First Nation, in Port Alberni BC. After living in paradise in Barclay Sound he attended the Alberni Indian Residential School for 9 years. He was a plaintiff in the precedent-setting case, Blackwater, where the United Church of Canada and the Government of Canada were sued for sexual abuse. This case led to the Alternative Dispute Resolution and the formation of Reconciliation Canada. He began his working career in accounting. After a lifetime of working in multimedia he is now an Elder-in-Residence at Vancouver Island University.