Meritorious Service Medal

• Awarded on: April 4, 2017
• Invested on: March 21, 2018

Carey Newman (Ha-yalth-kingeme), M.S.M.
Sooke, British Columbia

Artist Carey Newman created The Witness Blanket as part of the ongoing reconciliation process between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Woven into this two-metre by thirteen-metre structure are old doors, shoes, children’s drawings and other artifacts collected from residential schools and their former students. The exhibit has travelled throughout the country, eliciting emotional responses from survivors and promoting a shared understanding of Canada’s past.