Residential School Survivors
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Events in honour of residential school survivors in Regina days before Orange Shirt DayHundreds of people walked in support for residential school survivors and the children who did not make it home at a community smudge walk at the First Nations University.CanadaSep 28
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‘A long journey’: Reconciliation happening day by day, one year after Pope’s apologyMany have had a year to reflect on an apology made from Pope Francis on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church that was delivered on Canadian soil in Maskwacis, Alberta.CanadaJul 23
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Ceremony gives residential school survivors sense of ‘finality,’ reclaim their spiritsSurvivors who attended a residential school on the land that Poundmaker's Lodge now sits on have come together for a three day celebration of healing and reclamation.CanadaJun 14
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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
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‘They tried to extinguish us’: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh elder shares healing from residential schoolFrom the prison-like school to actual incarceration, from the shipyards to the sweat lodge, Squamish Elder Sam George's incredible life story comes out in a brand new memoir.PerspectivesMay 8
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$12.5 million in funding announced to build healing centre in Tḱemlúps te SecwépemcFunding promised by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Tḱemlúps te Secwépemc in 2021 for a healing centre has been fulfilled after an announcement made earlier today.CanadaMar 23
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Pope Francis’s tour came with a minimum $55M price tag for OttawaDocuments show the federal government spent a minimum of $55,972,683 for the leader of the Roman Catholic Church to visit Canada over six days last July.CanadaMar 23
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Former Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations chief unhappy with lack of progress after papal visitThe former grand chief of the Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations is looking for more collaboration between First Nations, the federal government and the Catholic Church.CanadaMar 15
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Tseshaht First Nation’s research says at least 67 children died at Alberni Indian Residential SchoolResearch from Tseshaht First Nation reveals 67 children died while at Alberni Indian Residential School, and ground penetrating radar shows 17 ,suspected graves.CanadaFeb 21
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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
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