News & Updates
A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
Archival research has found 171 confirmed deaths at Kuper Island residential school, 50 more than previously thought
Names of priests who served in residential schools made public
The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) has released a list of 140 priests and brothers who worked in Canada’s residential school system as part of the Oblates, a Catholic missionary religious group. This new research, out today, is the result of years of work between the NCTR and the Oblates of OMI Lacombe […]
Untangling Mark Carney’s father’s ties to Fort Smith, N.W.T., Indian day school
It was March 1965, and Catholic educator Robert J. Carney had gone on CBC Radio to discuss his work as a federal day school principal in the Northwest Territories. Today, it’s an interview some may find jarring. “Mr. Carney, at the teachers conference not long ago, you told about a program you have working at the […]