Residential School System

• Renewed interest in residential schools difficult for survivors at Calgary Stampede Elbow River camp

  Flags at the Elbow River camp at the Calgary Stampede are at half mast this year to mark recent discoveries of unmarked graves at former Canadian residential school sites.

  Canada

  Jul 15
• Police charge Brantford woman in connection with vandalism at residential school memorial

  Police say the release of a surveillance image was 'instrumental' in locating and identifying the accused.

  Crime

  Jul 14
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• Brantford, Ont. police seek suspect alleged to have set fire at residential school memorial

  Detectives say the incident happened sometime after 10:30 p.m. on Friday near the Woodland Cultural Centre on Mohawk Street.

  Crime

  Jul 12
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• Hamilton city council upholds vote against removing Sir John A. Macdonald statue from Gore Park

  Hamilton city council has upheld a committee vote against removing the Sir John A. Macdonald statue from Gore Park in the city's downtown core.

  News

  Jul 9
• ‘Listen to our voices’: N.S. Indigenous organization seeks funding for new centre

  'The centre will look at cultural issues, it will look at healing, and it will have our elders there and traditional practices for healing.'

  Canada

  Jul 6
• Mississauga pastor resigns amid backlash over comments on Canada’s residential schools

  The Archdiocese of Toronto tweeted Friday that Cardinal Thomas Collins accepted Monsignor Owen Keenan's resignation and placed him on an "indefinite leave of absence."

  Canada

  Jun 26
• Legacy of Hope exhibits go on display at Hamilton’s central police station

  Since 2000, the Legacy of Hope Foundation has worked with Indigenous communities, researchers, curators and educators to develop educational resources to increase public awareness.

  Education

  Jun 24
• Ryerson Public School sign vandalized, removed; TVDSB to discuss motion to rename school

  A motion put forward by trustee Corrine Rahman calls on TVDSB to engage in the consultation process to rename the school with participation from First Nation community members.

  Canada

  Jun 16
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• Public board votes unanimously to rename Hamilton school named after residential school architect

  A Hamilton elementary school will no longer bear the name of one of the architects of Canada's residential school system after a unanimous vote among public school board trustees.

  Education

  Jun 8
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• Legislature moves Egerton Ryerson painting, bust after Ontario NDP request

  The Ontario legislature has relocated a painting and bust of Egerton Ryerson following a request from the leader of the Opposition.

  Canada

  Jun 4