QUW'UTSUN CULTURAL CONNECTIONS SOCIETY · SOCIAL PLANNING COWICHAN
Thu-it [Truth]
"THU-IT STARTS WITH THU-ITSTUHW — TELLING THE TRUTH"
📍 Salt Spring Island · 📅 Jun 18 - 21, 2026
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT
Thu-it [Truth] (pronounced Tha-eet)
is a self-guided, multi-media walk-through experience that takes you through over 150 years of colonial history — and the impact it has had and continues to have on Indigenous communities, families, and individuals.
Told through archival material, images, audio, and video, and rooted in the stories and experiences of Quw'utsun' Elders, Thu-it invites participants to reconsider what they were taught, and to discover Thu-it — Truth.
The exhibit first ran in Duncan, BC in the fall of 2022. This June, it comes to Salt Spring Island for a limited four-day run — its first showing since then.
Presented by the Quw'utsun Cultural Connections Society and Social Planning Cowichan, with support from the Saltspring Island Foundation
PLAN YOUR VISIT
When
June 18 - 20
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
June 21
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Admission
Free
No registration required.
(Optional donations accepted at the door)
Access
Wheelchair accessible
Elder-Led Circles
In addition to the self-guided exhibit, Quw'utsun Elders will be hosting open circles. All are welcome to participate. No registration required.
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🕙 Friday June 19 · 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
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🕙 Sunday June 21 · 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Content & Trigger Warning
Thu-it touches on potentially triggering and disturbing content, including Indian Residential Schools, Indian Hospitals, genocidal policies, colonial impacts, and ongoing harm.
Remember La'lum'uthut ch — Please take good care of yourself. As the content of Thu-it can be heavy, the Elders recommend doing something that grounds you after you have participated: walk on the beach or in nature, have a bath, reach out to a friend.
More resources for 24-hour mental health and wellness support can be found below (FNHA's full list can be found here: https://www.fnha.ca/what-we-do/mental-wellness-and-substance-use/mental-health-and-wellness-supports) Hope for Wellness Help Line offers immediate mental health counselling and crisis intervention by phone or online chat. Call toll-free 1-855-242-3310 or start a confidential chat with a counsellor at hopeforwellness.ca. Indian Residential School Crisis Line is a national service for anyone experiencing pain or distress as a result of their residential school experience. Call toll-free 1-866-925-4419. Kuu-Us Crisis Line Society provides crisis services for Indigenous people across BC. Adults/Elders line 250-723-4050; youth line 250-723-2040. Or call toll free 1-800-588-8717. Learn more at www.kuu-uscrisisline.com. Métis Crisis Line is a service of Métis Nation British Columbia. Call 1-833-MétisBC (1-833-638-4722).