Decades after my grandmother’s residential school abuse, I wear my ribbon skirt with pride
I needed to feel my mother’s presence after possible gravesites were found at her residential school
Alberta government will require annual ‘free speech reporting’ from post-secondary schools

National chief says ICC should probe disappearances of children from residential schools

Government Statements, Residential School

WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says the International Criminal Court should investigate the disappearance of Indigenous children from Canadian residential schools. Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said she supports the call by Kimberly Murray — the federally-appointed Independent Special Interlocutor on Missing Children and Unmarked Graves […]

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Report on missing Indigenous children reveals truth: survivor

Documents, Government Statements, Residential School

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

Documents, Gatherings, Government Statements, Residential School, Unmarked Graves

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

Documents, Government Statements, Residential School

The chairperson and eight members of a committee formed to be in charge of efforts to examine and share historical documents about residential schools in Canada have all exited their roles, saying the federal government didn’t provide sufficient funding to fulfil their mandate.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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