Report on missing Indigenous children reveals truth: survivor

KENORA – The release of a final report on missing children and unmarked graves at former residential schools is progress, says Ed Mandamin. Mandamin, from the Treaty 3 community of Iskatewizaagegan #39 Independent First Nation, attended the Cecelia Jeffery Indian Residential School in Kenora from 1973 to 1977. Presently he is the city’s Indigenous relations adviser. […]

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Indigenous leaders praise report on Canada’s ‘disappeared’ residential school children

WARNING: This article talks about abuse of children at residential schools. Kimberly Murray has opened an uncomfortable but long overdue conversation about justice for Canada’s “disappeared” residential school children, Indigenous leaders say.  Murray, the special interlocutor for missing children and unmarked graves at residential schools, got a standing ovation Tuesday after she released her two-volume […]

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Chair, 8 members exit roles in committee examining residential school documents

The chairperson and eight members of a committee formed to be in charge of efforts to examine and share historical documents about residential schools in Canada have all exited their roles, saying the federal government didn’t provide sufficient funding to fulfil their mandate. Cadmus Delorme, who was the chair, resigned from the Residential School Documents […]

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Canadian investigations into residential schools for Indigenous children threatened by cuts

In Canada, September 30 is dedicated to “truth and reconciliation” with Aboriginal communities. Recommended by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, this day, which has been a statutory holiday since 2021, “honors the children who were never returned home and Survivors of Residential Schools, as well as their families and communities,” it is explained on the […]

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