Kamloops Indian Residential School

• Update on suspected Tke̓ mlúps burial site as nation signs historic agreement

  Tke̓ mlúps te Secwépemc Kukpi7 Rosanne Casimir says the excavation of the suspected unmarked graves of children who attended the Indian Residential School has not yet started.

  Canada

  Mar 28
  
• ‘Continued genocide’: First Nations leaders disturbed by effort to dig up unmarked graves in B.C.

  "Some came in the middle of the night, carrying shovels; they said they wanted to 'see for themselves' if children are buried there," reads the report by Kimberly Murray.

  Canada

  Jun 19, 2023
  
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• Vancouver Art Gallery memorial to residential school children to be removed

  The memorial at the Vancouver Art Gallery by Tamara Bell went up in May 2021. It honours 215 children believed buried at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.

  Perspectives

  Mar 24, 2023
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• $12.5 million in funding announced to build healing centre in Tḱemlúps te Secwépemc

  Funding promised by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Tḱemlúps te Secwépemc in 2021 for a healing centre has been fulfilled after an announcement made earlier today.

  Canada

  Mar 23, 2023
• Events in many B.C. communities to mark 2nd National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

  In Vancouver, Tsleil-Waututh citizens walk 8.5 kilometres from the former St. Paul's Indian Residential School to their reserve as they remember the legacy of residential schools.

  Canada

  Sep 29, 2022
• Cree of Chisasibi to search for graves at residential school sites in northern Quebec

  The five sites are linked to Catholic and Anglican residential schools that were among the largest and longest to operate in the province.

  Canada

  Jun 21, 2022
• Second annual convoy to Kamloops, B.C. honours the ‘lost souls’ of residential school

  The convoy, led in partnership with the We Stand in Solidarity truckers group, aims to memorialize the children who died in residential schools.

  Canada

  Jun 18, 2022
• Okanagan Nation Alliance run completed to raise suicide and violence awareness

  This is their 14th year hosting the Unity Run. The 288-kilometre run started on Friday and over the past few days, they've been making their way to Penticton.

  Lifestyle

  Jun 5, 2022
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• Okanagan Nation Alliance hosting annual Spirit of Syilx Youth Unity Run this weekend

  The first run happened in 2008 and was initiated by Syilx youth to bring awareness of suicide and violence.

  Canada

  Jun 1, 2022
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• Order of nuns that staffed B.C.’s residential schools to pass records to B.C. museum

  The museum and Sisters of Saint Ann announced in a joint statement Wednesday that the transfer will be expedited and allow for the records to be digitized.

  Canada

  Jun 1, 2022