A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
A group of sewing enthusiasts in Halifax will be donating a handful of quilts to residential school survivors after spending National Day for Truth and Reconciliation working on them together. Sally Gaal, the owner of Sew With Vision, said she closed her store on Saturday as a sign of respect. Truth and Reconciliation Day…
The discovery of 215 potential graves at the former Kamloops Residential School in British Columbia started a modern reckoning across Canada–and around the world. Since then communities across the country have been doing their own searches and trying to find the records of children who went missing. For survivors and…
Today, as we mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day, we confront the lasting impacts of the residential school system for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis in Canada. We come together to remember the children who were stolen from their communities, and those whose lives were…
It started with a napkin. Mission Public School District Indigenous Mentor teacher Peggy Janicki and her brother were visiting their mother, Mary O’Connal, at the hospital. O’Connal was a survivor of Lejac Residential School in Fort Saint James and was at Abbotsford Hospital with a broken hip. While workers were taking…
