Coroner’s investigation into residential school deaths shifts to former Shingwauk school

December 9, 2024

A coroner’s investigation that has so far uncovered dozens of previously unknown deaths linked to residential schools in Ontario is in the preliminary stages of looking into Shingwauk Indian Residential School in Sault Ste. Marie.  The Residential Schools Death Investigation Team — which was brought together by Ontario’s Office of the Chief Coroner — has so far found 220 additional deaths that have yet to be included in the memorial register at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, which currently lists 436 documented deaths…