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Kids across the country will hear difficult and traumatic stories about residential schools later this month. Every year on Sept. 30, classrooms mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day. From 1831 to 1996, more than 150,000 First Nations, Métis and Inuit children were sent to schools that were designed to remove […]

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How searching for lost residential school photos made me think differently about reconciliation

Between 2018 and 2022, I helped some Nishnaabeg, including Bonnie Bressette, write a book about their struggle to reclaim their home reserve in southwestern Ontario. One Sunday, before going to Bressette’s place for supper, I dropped in at a local United Church service. I had heard that someone in the congregation had photos of some of […]

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Steinbach school apologizes for teacher’s use of ‘outdated’ residential school content

A southeastern Manitoba school division has apologized and blamed an outdated curriculum after students were asked earlier this year to list some of the positive effects of Canada’s residential school system. “We deeply regret the inadvertent use of outdated independent study content in a Grade 9 social studies class in one of our schools,” Hanover […]

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Tsleil-Waututh Nation looks to build residential school memorial garden

It may just be an empty lot with invasive species, but Andrea Aleck has big plans for a plot of land in the heart of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation reserve. Following conversations with community Elders, the Tsleil-Waututh Nation health and wellness director has brought forward plans to transform the space into a residential school memorial park and […]

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