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Share your voice | Support understandingWelcome to Community Postcards: Truths for the Teacher
Community Postcards: Truths for the Teacher
This project provides families and community members a safe, anonymous space to share thoughts, reflections, or stories they wish teachers knew. You can write or draw on a postcard and submit it anonymously. 
Share your voice. Support understanding.
How to Participate:
1. Download a postcard template or use your own
2. Make your postcard
Respond to the prompt: Something I wish I could tell the teacher...” You can use words, drawings, art, etc. Only share what feels safe for you. 3. Submit your postcard
Mail it to:Michelle Lam, Faculty of Education, Brandon University, 270 – 18th Street, Brandon MB R7A 6A9 orScan or photograph it and upload it securely here or email it to storygrounds@brandonu.ca 4. Optional
You can reply to others’ postcards in the space providedSafety and Anonymity
All submissions are completely anonymous.
Submissions are held for moderation before being posted. Don’t worry if you don’t see your submission immediately.
Do not include names, addresses, or identifying information.
Self-recognition and recognition by others may still be possible.
Any identifying details accidentally included will be redacted before posting.
Violent, harmful, or illegal content will not be posted.
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Emotional Support Resources
Reflecting on your experiences can bring up difficult feelings. If you need support, please consider contacting:
Call 911 to report life-threatening emergencies, immediate danger, and in-progress crimes.
Call 988 for the suicide crisis help line. A safe space to talk, 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
1-877-435-7170 (TFN)Manitoba Suicide Prevention and Support (24/7)
1-877-977-0007 (TFN)Domestic Abuse Crisis Line (24/7)
204-786-8686 or 1-888-292-7565 (TFN)Sexual Assault Crisis Line (24/7)
1-866-925-4419 (TFN)National Residential School Survivor Support (24/7)
1-866-818-3505 (TFN)Manitoba Residential School Survivor & Families
Consent
Participation is voluntary. By submitting a postcard, you are providing implied consent for your anonymous submission to be used in this project, including potential display on this website and our associated social media channels, research analysis and mobilization.
Acknowledgements: This project is funded by the Canada Research Chairs program and Brandon University. We are grateful to Dr. Angelique Reweti and her team for inspiring and guiding us, to PostSecret for giving us the idea of arts-based postcard collection, and to Susie McPherson Derendy for her ongoing support and guidance. We are also appreciative of the many fantastic creators sharing messages through postcards, zines, digital scrapbooks, junk journals, and more. Your creativity inspires us!