Indian Residential Schools
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Librarians create educational tool for accessing residential school survivor storiesThree librarians from the University of Toronto set out to create a publicly-available online storybase for survivor stories in hopes of improving access to learning for Canadians.PerspectivesSep 27, 2023
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‘I understand the pain’: Film explores residential schools’ intergenerational impacts"WaaPaKe" (Tomorrow) follows the generation raised by residential school survivors and is inspired by Jules Koostachin's brother, who passed away several years ago.PerspectivesSep 26, 2023
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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.CanadaSep 11, 2023
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Residential school denialism mounts, why the search for unmarked graves needs timeAs First Nations make unmarked grave announcements, many deal with increased violence of residential school denialism, but how can it be addressed?PoliticsJun 29, 2023
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‘A different place’: How the missing children of a former B.C. residential school changed CanadaIt'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.PoliticsMay 26, 2023
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‘Honoured properly’: Protocols put in place for Indigenous exhibit at Vancouver’s Science WorldAimed at healing decades of mistreatment, protocols have been put in place for a B.C. artist's exhibition honouring residential school survivors at Science World in Vancouver.CanadaJan 23, 2023
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More residential school records needed to answer ‘hard questions’: special interlocutorThe call for records comes amid a wave of searches at numerous former residential schools across the Canada following the discovery of 200 unmark graves in Kamloops, B.C..CanadaJan 17, 2023
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Calgary Hitmen to honour Siksika matriarch at upcoming Every Child Matters gameMargaret Bad Boy lived for more than 100 years and helped countless children keep some of their heritage while Indian Residential Schools were active in the area.PerspectivesJan 11, 2023
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Saskatchewan residential school survivors respond to Angus Reid study on Pope apologyResidential school survivors in Saskatchewan react to a recent study that shows 59% believe the Pope's apology was a step towards reconciliation.CanadaAug 11, 2022
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Search underway for unmarked burial sites at former Alberta residential schoolA ground-penetrating radar search for unmarked burial sites is underway at Blue Quills University near St. Paul, Alta.CanadaAug 11, 2022
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