A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
A First Nations health analyst in Saskatchewan is sharing the story of a woman who as a child spent eight months in the basement of Holy Family Hospital in Prince Albert in a segregated ward-in the hope others will come forward. Brenda Robertson works in the First Nations Health Ombudsperson’s office in Saskatoon and says […]
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 […]
It’s a day the Onabigon family has spent decades waiting for: the repatriation of their uncle, Percy Onabigon, back to Long Lake #58 First Nation. Percy was taken from the northern Ontario community as a young child and put into St. Joseph’s Indian Residential School in Thunder Bay. From there, he was sent to a […]
The largest provider of services to women, girls and families in the country has issued a formal apology to Indigenous communities, families and individuals for its historical involvement in the operation of Residential Schools and ‘Indian Hospitals.’ YWCA Canada’s research, primarily based on records from the 1960s, found numerous YWCAs had ties to those federally […]
