A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
When Cree-Métis filmmaker Danis Goulet found out she’d be directing an episode of Reservation Dogs that dealt with the trauma of residential schools — or boarding schools, as they’re known in the U.S. — her biggest concern was how to tackle it the right way. “It’s such an intense topic and one that I’ve dealt with […]
A First Nation in Port Alberni says a controversial public speaker will not be welcome in their territory following anti-Indigenous comments she made online about residential schools. Tseshaht First Nation of Port Alberni put out a public statement on Oct. 20, 2023 stating that Tanya Gaw and her group Action4Canada are not welcome in Tseshaht […]
Just days after the federal government pledged tens of billions of dollars to reform child welfare systems on First Nations communities, a northern Manitoba grand chief said child and family services (CFS) will never improve until First Nations have control over those systems. “What the child welfare system has done is create a system…
Amid renewed calls for his resignation, a councillor in the village of Murray Harbour, P.E.I., says he will not step down over a sign he installed on his property. The sign on John Robertson’s property called the detection of unmarked graves at the former sites of residential schools in the last few years a “mass […]
