Residential school monument to be given pride of place on Parliament Hill

Canada’s Indian Residential Schools National Monument (First Nations, Métis and Inuit) will have pride of place on the western terrace of Parliament Hill with a commanding view of the Ottawa River. The monument will be “a contemplative space to remember, honour, educate, heal, and reconcile, and will speak to the country and the world for […]

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Film on legacy of residential schools in Canada nominated for best documentary at 2025 Oscars

Williams Lake First Nation Chief Willie Sellars cried — for the first time in a while — tears of joy on Thursday morning when this year’s Oscar nominees were announced. “I shouted tears of joy, and then I cried tears of joy,” he told CBC’s Daybreak Kamloops host Shelley Joyce. Sellars and his community were featured in Sugarcane, which details […]

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St. Anne’s survivor awarded $72K after review of denied abuse claim is still fighting

WARNING: This story contains details of abuse of children at residential schools For the residential school survivor known only as claimant T-00185, justice has been elusive. He alleged in 2009 under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement assessment process that he had been sexually abused by two older boys at the notorious St. Anne’s Indian […]

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