A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
Roberta Hill is a survivor of the Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford. She is also a member of the board of directors for the Survivors’ Secretariat and shared a harrowing account of life inside the institution. She was taken there at the age of six in 1957, following the passing of her father and […]
University of Manitoba History and Indigenous Studies Prof. Sean Carleton doesn’t mince words when it comes to the impact of the late Murray Sinclair. “Quite simply, Murray Sinclair changed Canada forever,” says Carleton on the latest episode of Face to Face. “There’s no going back as a result of his tireless work to advocate for […]
As First Nations communities in Canada continue to hone in on possible unmarked graves at the sites of former residential schools, some are now using human remains detection dogs to assist in that effort. Since 2021, when the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation first announced ground-penetrating radar (GPR) had identified 215 anomalies at the former Kamloops Indian…
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 […]
