Since then, some cities have decided to forgo parts of their usual Canada Day festivities
Funding needed, but tips, ideas and a desire to do something strong
‘The only crime we ever committed as children was being born Indigenous’
A press conference will be held June 24, regarding the discovery
Records will be transferred to B.C. Archives to be accessed by Indigenous communities
work will include compiling and reviewing decades of records to identify schools and burial sites
The 215 graves are, to the band’s knowledge, undocumented deaths for which it is still collecting records
Love, support and curiousity: Canadians urged to learn about residential schools and their impact
Education Minister calls family Thursday to apologize for the hurtful content
Chief Rosanne Casimir told a virtual news conference the nation expects to release a report at the end of June
St. Joseph’s Mission Indian Residential School operated from 1886 to 1981
‘Sadly, there’s going to be more,” organizer says
Truth and Reconciliation Commission identified 12 locations of unmarked burial sites in Ontario
‘We have to work together because this is going to be setting a precedent for the rest of the country’
Jack Kruger, living in Syilx territory, wasn’t surprised by news of 215 children’s remains found on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School
Indigenous leaders are calling on Catholics to stand in solidarity with residential school survivors by not attending church services
Sioux Valley Dakota Nation working to identify, repatriate students buried near former Brandon residential school
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip says the child welfare system takes Indigenous children from their families
Clarence Wolfleg receives honorary doctorate from Mount Royal University, the highest honour the school gives out
MP wants institutions acknowledged as the deliberate, systematic destruction of a cultural group