CALGARY- Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission heard testimony from residential school survivors in Calgary on Monday.
The commission has been hearing stories from aboriginal people across the country about their experiences in the schools, which were set up to prepare aboriginal children for life in a white society.
Monday’s hearings saw survivors recount tales of sexual, physical, and verbal abuse at the hands of people working in the schools.
The panel collecting the stories is funded by residential school survivors through money obtained in a settlement agreement with the federal government.
Many historians say the abuse at the residential schools resulted in a legacy of abused parents who later struggled to raise their own children.
The Calgary hearing continues on Tuesday and stories will eventually be published as part of a national archive.
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