Residential Schools

• Alberta resource guides learners towards Indigenous language revitalization

  Now with more available programing and cultural celebrations, more people want to reconnect with their culture and learn the language and traditions.

  Education

  Apr 15
  
• Council slams B.C. mayor’s wife for distributing controversial book on residential schools

  Mayor Ron Paull’s wife Pat Morton has reportedly been circulating a book that implies cultural genocide did not occur at residential schools.

  Canada

  Mar 23
  
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• Search in Ontario for Indian Residential School burial sites continues

  The province has spent more than $65 million on a search for burial sites since mid-2021, when the remains of 215 children were found in Kamloops, British Columbia.

  Canada

  Mar 14
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• Trial begins for man accused of driving into B.C. residential school march

  The incident happened on June 4, 2022, when a driver allegedly struck four people during the memorial march. Two were taken to hospital with minor injuries.

  Crime

  Mar 4
• ‘I screamed’: B.C. Indigenous child welfare advocates celebrate court victory

  Indigenous children continue to be overrepresented in provincial care. As of March 2022, they made up 68 per cent of youth in care in B.C.

  Canada

  Feb 9
• ‘It’s a journey’: Report shows reconciliation is still a work in progress

  Second annual Canadian Reconciliation Barometer reveals Canadians continue to have a better understanding of the harm government policies.

  Canada

  Dec 13, 2023
• Special interlocutor ‘waiting’ for MP bill criminalizing residential school denialism

  Justice minister considers options raised by independent adviser on unmarked graves, who says Indigenous leaders want Canada to move on criminalizing residential school denialism.

  Canada

  Nov 26, 2023
• Catholic archdiocese including Sask. releases long-awaited residential school records

  Long-awaited residential school records are released this week from the Catholic archdiocese, including parts of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario.

  Canada

  Nov 7, 2023
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• ‘I felt safe’: Métis residential school survivors find healing in each other

  Métis residential school and day school survivors found healing in one another after a gathering at Métis Crossing in Smoky Lake, Alta.

  Canada

  Oct 24, 2023
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• Nun, 97, at former Ontario residential school arrested in sexual-assault case

  A 97-year-old nun has been arrested and charged in a sexual-assault case involving allegations dating back decades to an infamous residential school in northern Ontario. 

  Crime

  Oct 13, 2023