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Survivors Stories

Beatrice

From: The Hope that Remains

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Beatrice describes her childhood in Rwanda before the genocide, during which she was a young adult. She had left Rwanda for Burundi before and during the main part of the genocide, which had saved her life. She went back to Rwanda afterward only find to that most of her family had been killed. She was able to come to Canada in 2004, where she furthered her education and settled in the Yukon, though she frequently visits Rwanda.

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Christine Magill

Christine Magill is an educator specializing in genocide studies. She has travelled to Rwanda five times over the last nine years and met with survivors and government officials. In 2015 Christine Magill received the Canadian Living Me to We Educator Award in recognition of her volunteer work and her engagement and involvement in genocide education. She lives and teaches in Strathmore, Alberta.