Brandon’s Olivia Auriat featured in Canadian yearbook
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This article was published 15/11/2017 (2371 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A woman from Brandon has been featured alongside other Canadians in a book of stories and photographs taken from across the country.
Olivia Auriat will have her story told alongside more than 150 others in the CBC/Radio-Canada compilation “What’s Your Story? — A Canada 2017 Yearbook.”
The CBC/Radio-Canada initiative had Canadians from coast to coast submit their personal stories to make up the book.
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Auriat, who was born without her left arm from two inches below the elbow, has been a member of The War Amps organization since she was born.
“There’s nothing like it anywhere else in the world that is entirely funded by donations,” she said.
Through the Child Amputee, or CHAMP, Program, Auriat was able to get the support she needed, both financially and emotionally, through her early years, including having her limbs paid for her entire life and money to help pay for university.
Born and raised in Brandon, Auriat is of Polish, French, Irish, Scottish and German descent.
When she was 18, she moved out east to attend Mount Allison University in New Brunswick and recently graduated with an Honours BA in Canadian Studies and History.
She plans to move back to the Prairies to further her studies in Saskatoon.
Growing up with The War Amps, one thing Auriat says it gave her was respect for her elders, in particular the veterans who first started the organization.
Knowing what those veterans sacrificed so child amputees could have the life they now live has made her feel grateful, she said.
Having lived around the country has also given Auriat a greater awareness for how diverse Canada is and the many types of lives that exist.
“Wherever I am in the country, I know that I am home and for me that does mean a lot,” she said.
“I certainly feel very lucky.”
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