Late Mi’kmaw activist Nora Bernard recommended as new name for Halifax’s Cornwallis Street
Gloade said her mother’s mission was to help other residential school survivors, like herself, receive justice and tell the truth about what happened to them.“My mother fought very hard since we were young girls. We were little children when we started hearing about the residential school and the atrocities that happened there, and her fight for her survivors,” said Gloade.Click to share quote on Twitter: "I can honestly say she put her heart, her soul and her spirit into that fight.
Bernard died in December 2007. Her grandson, who is Gloade’s son, James Douglas Gloade, was charged in her murder and sentenced to 15 years for manslaughter. Gloade said she holds a walk in her mother’s memory each year in December to honour her and all missing and murdered Indigenous women, children and men.
“It’s a part of healing and I believe I’ll be healing for the rest of my life on Mother Earth,” she said.In July of this year, a shortlist of 15 names was unveiled for the renaming of Cornwallis Street in Halifax.Halifax Regional Council will vote on the name Tuesday. Alternatively, councillors can choose to use one of the other top choices: Nitap Street, Dr. Alfred Waddell Street or Rocky Jones Street.
As well, residents and businesses on the street will receive 12 months of free mail redirection services from Canada Post.
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