The City of Duncan lit up the outside of city hall on Sept. 27-28 to bring awareness to the British Home Children (and their families) movement and the resulting generational damage it caused.
Approximately 100,000 poor “home children” were sent from Britain to Canada, most without the consent of their parents, between 1869 and 1948 and placed with families in rural areas of the country in the hope of having better lives.
However, many of these children ended up in cruel and loveless environments as indentured farm workers and domestic workers that caused emotional and psychological wounds for the rest of their lives.
