A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
An international tribunal investigating missing children and unmarked graves associated with Canada’s residential school system will hold a session in Montreal next week. In a news release, the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal said it will examine evidence of Canada’s responsibility for the residential schools system and the human rights violations associated with it including “forced and coercive […]
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 […]
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 […]
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..
