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There's a, a photo that we took

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at the Markham Theatre with four survivors.

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We had arranged for four different survivors to speak

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to students, fill the theatre.

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Maybe there was 500 students from different high

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schools in the area.

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And they came prepared.

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They asked questions,

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and then afterwards we gave the students the opportunities

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to have the books that we had sent ahead, signed.

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And just that moment, hundreds

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of students sort of crowding and waiting.

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No one's holding a phone. They look eager

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and excited, like you're waiting to meet a celebrity.

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And at the tables were our survivor authors waiting

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to sign the books.

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There's a moment I remember sitting back

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and going, oh my God, this is happening.

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The teachers were so grateful. Students were so excited.

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Our survivors were authors, they were published authors.

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That moment, I think made me feel like, okay, let's go.

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We got this. Like we're gonna,

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this is gonna change the landscape of Canadian classrooms.