A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
MPP Sol Mamakwa shared his reaction to being named out of Ontario’s legislature after alleging Premier Doug Ford is ‘telling untruths’ to First Nations communities on Bill 5…
In a field, between a suburban parcel of housing and Anthony Henday Drive in Edmonton, there is a graveyard. But there are no names on this site, and nothing to tell you who specifically is buried there. One plaque, installed in 2000, explains that this is a burial site for the Enoch Cree Nation and […]
When Corinne Severight is asked to come to speak at the school in Hudson Bay, Sask., she always has a batch of fresh bannock with her. Severight, who is from Cote First Nation, helps teach about residential schools, First Nations history and her Saulteaux language because she wants a better future for her grandchildren. “I’ve […]
Murray Sinclair carried within himself the stories of thousands of residential school survivors, and felt the weight of every single one, says his friend Tanya Talaga. Sinclair, the Anishinaabe senator and renowned Manitoba lawyer who led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has died at age 73. The TRC’s groundbreaking 2015 reports laid bare horrific truths about this […]
