Residential School Survivor

• Canmore hospital becomes ceremony site for National Indigenous Peoples Day

  There's a different tone to gatherings marking National Indigenous Peoples Day. Many ceremonies focused on the recent discovery of 215 children in unmarked burial sites.

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  9 hours
• Piikani Nation to search residential school locations for unmarked burial sites

  The Piikani Nation is using LiDAR technology to map the surface terrain, possibly uncovering old disturbances.

  Canada

  Jun 8
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• Alberta residential school survivor receives honorary doctorate: ‘You didn’t get the best of me’

  Clarence Wolfleg remembers the day his mother took him to school. It was 1956 and for the next 5 1/2 years he attended the Old Sun Residential School outside Gleichen, Alta.

  Canada

  Jun 8
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• Sask. residential school survivor wants actions not apologies in light of Pope Francis’ statement

  Candi Toto says she is done waiting for apologies from the government and the Roman Catholic Church when it comes to their involvement in the residential school system.

  Canada

  Jun 7
• After burial site discovery, B.C. chief calls for space to heal — then systemic change

  Secwépemc Tribal Chief Wayne Christian wants the Indian Act repealed and an end to Indigenous children being taken into government care. But first, he says, communities need space.

  Canada

  Jun 2
• Well-known Regina lawyer Tony Merchant suspended for 8 months

  Tony Merchant is being suspended for eight months after a disciplinary panel found he 'intimidated' a residential school survivor into allowing him to hold back part of a settlement.

  Canada

  Oct 2, 2020
• Orange Shirt Day honours residential school survivors. Why isn’t it a stat holiday?

  A proposal to create an official holiday focused on reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples was stalled awaiting second reading when Parliament was dissolved on Sept. 11.

  Canada

  Sep 30, 2019
• Lethbridge youth selected as honouree in Canada-wide contest

  Hazel Peel-Hodgson's submission on residential schools landed her a trip to Winnipeg to join others who also share a passion on the subject.

  Canada

  May 18, 2019
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• Saskatoon man in uphill fight over residential school compensation

  he FSIN chief says a Saskatoon man should be compensated for a leg injury he sustained at a residential school.

  Canada

  Jun 22, 2017