Designing new hockey sticks with an approach of respecting Canadian natives

One of the Métis natives by designing hockey sticks from the Canadian natives revives the memory of children who had a bitter time in day and night schools.
 Thousands of new orange and black Every Child Matters hockey sticks are now on the shelves of sporting goods stores across Canada to make an impact beyond just attending sports activities.
Kelly Debary, who is the maker of these hockey sticks, called the purpose of this work to raise public awareness about what happened to generations of aboriginal children who were forced to enter Canadian aboriginal boarding schools.
"My oldest son is a junior hockey player, and I want him to have a stick in hockey games so that his teammates who are sitting right next to him will question when they look at that stick," he said, who is of Metis descent. "This face of my son can speak very well in this regard and he is familiar with all the symbols on these hockey sticks."
What story do hockey sticks tell?

Debari said that even the color of these hockey sticks was not chosen randomly: many people made a connection between the orange and black color scheme to compare the events that happened in the boarding schools of the Canadian aborigines with racism and discrimination 
"These hockey sticks have five symbols of an orange teddy bear, an orange tear drop, four colored hands, a native turtle and a traditional Metis sash, and finally an orange eagle feather is placed at the end of each stick," he said.

Bojin Arcand is also one of the Métis natives and a friend of Debari who lived in St. Michael's boarding school from 1950 to 1960.
He also collaborated with Debary in the design and production of these hockey sticks and said in this regard: "Canada should do a better job of fulfilling the calls of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, because in my opinion, reconciliation with the aborigines before the Canadian public has a full understanding of "The truth of what happened in the day school institutions is impossible."

He expressed hope that hockey sticks and other sports initiatives in the future can help to expand public education.