Ground Penetrating Radar

• 15 ‘potential’ gravesites found near former Yukon residential school

  15 potential graves were found near the site of former Chooutla Residential School in Carcross, Yukon. The potential gravesites were found using ground-penetrating radar.

  Canada

  Oct 3
  
• Residential school searches: What is ground-penetrating radar?

  Kisha Supernant, director of the Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology, explains how ground-penetrating radar searches work at former Indian residential schools.

  Canada

  Sep 11
  
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• ‘Big step’: Williams Lake First Nation new owner of former residential school grounds

  Through ground-penetrating radar sweeps, Williams Lake First Nation has detected 159 possible burial sites on the grounds of the former residential school.

  Canada

  Sep 5
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• 83 possible unmarked graves found at former Sask. residential school

  83 possible unmarked graves have been found at a Saskatchewan residential school by English River First Nation.

  Canada

  Aug 10
• First Nation spends day in ceremony to launch dig for potential unmarked graves

  Monday is about ensuring elders, survivors and intergenerational survivors of the former Pine Creek Residential School are provided support before ground is broken Tuesday.

  Canada

  Jul 24
• ‘A different place’: How the missing children of a former B.C. residential school changed Canada

  It's been two years since Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc announced findings of over 200 unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in B.C. A lot has happened since.

  Politics

  May 26
• Tseshaht First Nation calls on governments, churches to implement 26 Calls for Truth and Justice

  Tseshaht First Nation is calling on all levels of government, ,both the Presbyterian Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada to implement 26 Calls for Truth and Justice.

  Politics

  Mar 3
• Next steps for Star Blanket Cree Nation after residential school ‘anomalies’ discovery

  Now that the Star Blanket Cree Nation IRS Ground Search Project Team discovered the 2,000 anomalies, they are determining their next steps of action to begin this year.

  Canada

  Jan 13
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• Search begins for graves at site of Norway House, Man. residential schools

  A search with ground-penetrating radar is beginning Wednesday, four days after a sacred fire was first lit in the northern Manitoba community.

  Canada

  Sep 21, 2022
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• Search underway for unmarked burial sites at former Alberta residential school

  A ground-penetrating radar search for unmarked burial sites is underway at Blue Quills University near St. Paul, Alta.

  Canada

  Aug 11, 2022