Residential school survivor appointed to Order of Ontario

  SAULT STE. MARIE – A survivor of the Shingwauk Indian Residential School in Sault Ste. Marie has received the province’s highest civilian honour for advancing truth and reconciliation through her work. Elder Shirley Horn is one of 30 appointees to the 2025 Order of Ontario, which recognizes individuals for their “distinguished service and extraordinary achievements,” according to […]

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First Nations leaders call on universities to ban residential school denialist demonstrations

    A First Nations PhD student at the University of British Columbia (UBC) says a demonstration last week created an unsafe space on campus for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis staff and students. “UBC should have done a better job at protecting us,” said Tarene Thomas, who belongs to the Enoch Cree Nation, and is […]

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Ottawa ordered to release Kamloops residential school records after breaching access law

Ottawa has been ordered to begin disclosing long-withheld records tied to the Kamloops residential school grave claims after the federal Crown-Indigenous Relations department was found to have violated access-to-information law by stonewalling requests for more than a year. Read More.. 

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Sir John A. Macdonald statue to be uncovered at Queen’s Park, sparking new tensions with First Nations

The wooden structure that has hidden a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald on the Ontario Legislature’s front lawn for five years is set to be removed this summer, reigniting debate about the first prime minister’s tainted legacy as the province faces new tensions with First Nations. The decision, pushed by Progressive Conservative and Liberal members […]

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