Residential schools Canada

• Military forensic team could help identify residential school remains: officials

  The Casualty Identification Program specializes in using forensics along with historical and anthropological research to identify battlefield remains.

  Canada

  Jul 16
• Over 160 graves found at former residential school on B.C. island, First Nation says

  The Penelakut Tribe issued a letter on Thursday saying the graves were found on the grounds of the former Kuper Island Indian Industrial School on Penelakut Island.

  Canada

  Jul 13
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• Canada needs special prosecutor to investigate crimes at residential schools, Nunavut MP says

  Qaqqaq, who has announced she won't seek re-election, says crimes committed against Inuit children continue to echo through Nunavut communities.

  Canada

  Jul 8
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• Punished and hit for speaking her language, a B.C. residential school survivor is not staying silent

  Sphenia Jones was 11 years old when she attended the residential school in Edmonton and was put on a train from British Columbia that picked up other children along the way.

  Canada

  Jun 25
• Trudeau sorry for ‘incredibly harmful’ residential schools as advocates call for accountability

  "Specifically to the members of the Cowessess community and Treaty Four communities, we are sorry," said Trudeau, speaking Friday.

  Canada

  Jun 25
• Religious group will release records on former residential schools in B.C., Sask.

  Indigenous leaders and others have been calling for the release of all documents related to residential schools.

  Canada

  Jun 25
• CN Tower to be lit orange on Canada Day in solidarity with Indigenous communities

  The CN Tower will be lit orange on Canada Day in solidarity with Indigenous communities across the country. 

  Canada

  Jun 24
• Canadian universities seeing increased demand for education on Indigenous history, issues

  The tragic discoveries of unmarked graves at the sites of former Indian Residential Schools have more and more people looking to educate themselves on Canada's dark history.

  Canada

  Jun 24
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• ‘Terribly saddened’: Trudeau laments residential school graves discovery in Saskatchewan

  'No child should have ever been taken away from their families and communities, and robbed of their language, culture, and identity,' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.

  Canada

  Jun 24
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• ‘Who owns the land?’: Finding residential school graves predicted to be complicated

  'It's difficult under the best circumstances.'

  Canada

  Jun 22