Residential Schools

• ‘We owe them action,’ Carney says on Truth and Reconciliation Day

  The Truth and Reconciliation Commission concluded in its landmark 2015 final report that the school system was a central element of a state-backed policy of cultural genocide.

  Canada

  Sep 30
  
• Mary Louie recalls leaving residential school and why her band marks Orange Shirt Day a day early

  When Mary Louie was at Residential school she remembers wanting only one thing when she was a young girl at residential school: to get home.

  Canada

  Sep 29
  
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• Chiefs want residential school denialism criminalized as hate speech

  First Nations chiefs say the federal government is enabling residential school denialism by failing to make it a crime.

  Canada

  Jul 15
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• Museum at former residential school in Portage la Prairie to expand

  Executive Director Lorraine Daniels says the new building centered on cultural teachings and a dock planned for the riverbank are ways for survivors to reclaim the space.

  Canada

  Jun 19
• First Nation says it has evidence dozens of children died attending residential school

  Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation has spent years digging in provincial archives, looking for death records of children from the time a residential school operated on the nation.

  Perspectives

  May 19
• B.C. First Nation says there may never be ‘full consensus’ on potential burial site

  The Kamloops institution operated between 1890 and 1969, when Ottawa took control from the Catholic Church and ran it as a day school until it closed in 1978.

  Canada

  Feb 18
• N.W.T. residential school grave exhumed, child’s remains repatriated to family

  The grave of a residential school victim was exhumed, and the child's remains were returned to her home community. Five-year-old Alma Beaulieu died at St Joseph's school in 1944.

  Canada

  Nov 13, 2025
• Totem pole damaged by storm undergoing restoration work, grand chief says

  The totem pole, which was installed in the park on Orange Shirt Day 2022, was removed from its spot in the park to ensure the artwork is protected while it undergoes an assessment.

  Canada

  Oct 17, 2025
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• Survivors mark 50th anniversary of closure of Portage la Prairie residential school

  Survivors reunited with friends they haven't seen in 50 years to commemorate the occasion and share the progress they have made towards healing.

  Canada

  Oct 9, 2025
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• History of former Winnipeg residential school commemorated

  Winnipeg South Centre MP Ben Carr said the plaques commemorate the federally funded school's tragic history and pay tribute to residential school survivors nationwide.

  Canada

  Sep 30, 2025