Since May 28, more than 1,000 unmarked children's graves and remains have been identified at former Indigenous residential boarding schools in Canada. In addition to the Penelakut Island graves, unmarked burials at three more locations were detected by First Nations communities between May and July...
Jimmy Durocher, a Métis residential school survivor and member of the steering committee, said it was important that the monument encapsulate the effects residential schools have had on Canada's past, present and future. "This is not finished," Durocher said during the cer...
Pope to Visit Canada in July to Apologise for Residential Schools More Reuters FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis speaks during the weekly general audience at the Vatican, May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo By Philip Pullella and Anna Mehler Paperny VATICAN CITY/TORONT...
Ottawa--Claims of native abuse at residential schools during the twentieth century have still not been resolved. What kind of abuse at residential schools? (News in Brief: Canada) The Cedar Project, a nationwide survey, is the first study of its kind in Canada to show a statistical connection...
Hill said she believes National Indigenous Peoples Day is becoming more broadly recognized, particularly after news about unmarked graves. “National Indigenous Peoples Day is a call to reflect on the history of Canada, and to learn the dark, dark history of Canada, and to learn and to begin...
A headless statue of Queen Victoria is seen overturned and vandalized at the provincial legislature in Winnipeg, Friday, July 2, 2021. The statue and a statue of Queen Elizabeth were toppled on Canada Day during demonstrations concerning Indigenous children who died at residential schools....
The bishops’ apology is the latest expression of remorse from the Canadian arms of the Catholic Church but still falls short of the TRC call to action for the Pope himself to apologize in Canada. National Indigenous leaders, elders, youth and survivors of residential schools are to travel to...
Residential schools: Photographic Collections Sources Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada.Indian Residential Schools Located in the Province of British Columbia – One-Page Histories.Government of Canada, 2013. Geoffrey Carr.Atopoiof the Modern: Revisiting the Place of the Indian Residential...
Plans are underway to create a permanent memorial for victims of Canada’s residential schools to replace a fire-damaged one that includes hundreds of children’s shoes on the steps of Calgary City Hall. The temporary memorial, which also has stuffed animals and a child’s bicycle, was blessed...
Among residential schools in Canada, St. Anne’s was particularly noxious. Students were subjected to horrific sexual and physical abuse, including being shocked on an “electric chair” to amuse supervisors and forced to eat their own vomit. ...