A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
The federal government has opened up a claims period for those who were harmed at segregated health facilities known as Indian hospitals — though an N.W.T. elder warns that recalling painful details from the past could be difficult for some survivors. There were about 33 federal Indian hospitals that operated between 1936 and 1981. Following a court-approved settlement in […]
A First Nations PhD student at the University of British Columbia (UBC) says a demonstration last week created an unsafe space on campus for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis staff and students. “UBC should have done a better job at protecting us,” said Tarene Thomas, who belongs to the Enoch Cree Nation, and is […]
Graphic design students created infographics that explore the history of residential schools at Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Wilson School of Design. The infographics were part of a final project for graphic design for marketing (GDMA) students completed for the GDMA 3100: Information Design course last semester taught by instructor Michael Cober. Cober began teaching the […]
A rise of Indian residential school denialism in Canada is bringing calls from Indigenous people and advocates for the federal government to update hate speech laws to criminalize the rhetoric. The Assembly of First Nations passed a resolution at its special assembly in December demanding the Canadian government criminalize residential school denialism. “Denialism is deliberate […]
