Dorene Bernard

Dorene Bernard

Dorene Bernard is a Mi'kmaq activist, water protector, and member of the Grassroots Grandmothers. She has worked in Native Child Welfare and Community Support for over 20 years, focusing on survivors and families of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, the documentation and history of Indian Residential Schools, and the Indian Residential School Commemoration Project. Bernard coordinates the Grassroots Grandmother Circle in social justice work, child welfare issues, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, cultural education, and water teachings.

Movies for Dorene Bernard...

There's Something in the Water
Title: There's Something in the Water
Character: Self - Water Protector
Released: September 6, 2019
Type: Movie
Elliot Page brings attention to the injustices and injuries caused by environmental racism in his home province, in this urgent documentary on Indigenous and African Nova Scotian women fighting to protect their communities, their land, and their futures.