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

Survivors urge all political parties to support residential school burial investigations

Reconciliation, Residential School, Survivor Accounts

WARNING: This story contains details of experiences at residential schools. As Canada’s federal election heats up, residential school survivors and their advocates are urging political parties to pledge full support for investigations into unmarked burials and missing children linked to the institutions. The previous Liberal government announced several initiatives following the findings of potential unmarked graves at […]

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Association says no unmarked graves found on initial search of Algoma University

Reconciliation, Residential School, Unmarked Graves

A residential school survivor group says it’s expressing relief that, so far, no burial sites have been found during an initial search of a former Shingwauk Indian Residential School site in northern Ontario. However, the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association acknowledges its work is far from complete, with vast areas of the property still to be searched…

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Reconciliation need not be scary, says upcoming NIC series speaker

Reconciliation

The next speaker for NIC’s Indigenous Speaker Series was one of the early voices to speak up about residential schools. Wickee Cussee, also known as Randy Fred, will be talking at North Island College on Jan. 23 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Q̓ə pix ʔidaʔas Gathering Place at the Campbell River campus at […]

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Indigenous History, Culture, and Contemporary Realities

Reconciliation, Residential School, Survivor Accounts

A collaboration between Neepawa and Area Immigrant Settlement Services, the National Indigenous Residential School Museum of Canada, and NACTV, we bring you this session where residential school survivors and newcomers to Canada discuss Indigenous culture and history and the legacy of residential schools in Canada…

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