Residential Schools
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Goodbye Grandin, hello The Gardens: City of St. Albert scraps controversial nameGrandin is a prominent name on buildings, businesses, community centres, a neighbourhood, parks, and street signs in St. Albert — but soon, that name will change to The Gardens.Mar 19
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BC Conservative slams ‘super angry’ Indigenous caucus-mate over residential school criticismB.C.'s Opposition attorney general critic has railed against members of her own party in a row over residential schools, including a "super angry" Indigenous colleague she says "joined the NDP" to call her out.PoliticsMar 6
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BC Conservative MLA defies leader’s call to remove residential school social media postB.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad has asked Vancouver-Quilchena MLA Dallas Brodie to take the posts down, but they remain up.PoliticsFeb 24
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B.C. documentary about residential school atrocities nominated for an Oscar'Sugarcane,' following an investigation into allegations of abuse at the former St. Joseph's Mission Residential School in Williams Lake has been nominated for Best Documentary.EntertainmentJan 24
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Report calls on Ottawa to launch 20-year probe into missing Indigenous childrenThe final report from Kimberly Murray, Canada's special interlocutor on unmarked graves, also calls on Canada to refer itself to the International Criminal Court for investigation.CanadaOct 29, 2024
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The push to criminalize residential school denialism in CanadaMore than 150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend residential schools, the last of which closed in 1996. An estimated 6,000 children died in the facilities.PoliticsOct 27, 2024
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Biden says U.S. Indigenous boarding school system was ‘a sin on our soul’Biden formally apologized to Native Americans for an old government-run boarding school system that forcibly separated children from their parents, leading to abuse and deaths.U.S. NewsOct 25, 2024
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Biden to formally apologize for past U.S. Indigenous boarding school policyAn investigation found at least 18,000 children were forced to attend schools that sought to assimilate them into white society from 1819 to 1978, resulting in nearly 1,000 deaths.U.S. NewsOct 24, 2024
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At least 55 children died or disappeared at residential school near Williams Lake, B.C.: ReportThe Williams Lake First Nation says at least 55 children died or disappeared while attending the local residential school — more than triple the previously reported number.CanadaOct 12, 2024
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Residential school survivors urge Ottawa to step up funding for searchesSurvivors accused the federal government of cutting back on funding for records and ground searches looking for unmarked graves of children who died at the schools.CanadaSep 30, 2024
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