Canada residential schools

• Survivor calls on Trudeau to release St. Anne’s residential school abuse documents

  St. Anne's Indian Residential School was run by the Catholic orders of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate and the Grey Sisters of the Cross from 1902 until 1976.

  Canada

  Dec 23, 2020
• 5 years after TRC report, commissioners warn anti-Indigenous racism is escalating

  The commission's final report provided a detailed account of what happened to Indigenous children who were physically and sexually abused in government boarding schools.

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2020
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• B.C. or Ontario? Residential school survivors fight move of court battle

  The underlying fight relates to a request by three survivors of St. Anne's in Fort Albany, Ont., to have their compensation cases reopened.

  Canada

  Sep 20, 2020
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• Exhibit at Mount Royal University shares painful history of Canada’s residential schools

  The exhibit features a 12-metre-long piece of art, comprised of more than 800 items collected from sites and survivors of residential schools across Canada.

  Canada

  Mar 13, 2020
• FSIN disappointed in Sask. premier’s comments about national statutory holiday

  Premier Scott Moe said there's no guarantee the national holiday will be observed in Saskatchewan.

  Canada

  Aug 17, 2018
• Why Canada’s new stat holiday may not mean a day off for everyone

  The federal government is moving forward with plans for a new stat holiday to mark the legacy of residential schools, but whether provinces will adopt the holiday remains unclear.

  Politics

  Aug 16, 2018
• Records of residential school abuse can be destroyed after 15 years: Supreme Court

  Students provided accounts of physical, sexual and emotional abuse as part of an independent assessment process to provide compensation.

  Canada

  Oct 6, 2017
• Canadians urged to partake in Orange Shirt Day to honour residential school survivors

  The Orange Shirt Day campaign encourages Canadians to remember the wrongs of the residential school system, and honour its survivors.

  Canada

  Sep 29, 2017
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• Lynn Beyak axed from Senate committee over comments defending residential schools

  Conservative Sen. Lynn Beyak, who famously declared "some good" came out of Canada's residential schools, has been removed from the Senate's committee on aboriginal peoples.

  Canada

  Apr 5, 2017