Residential school survivors’ group on verge of shutdown amid lack of funding from Canada

December 19, 2024

A residential school survivors’ group on the verge shutdown due to a lack of funding is accusing the federal government of breaking promises and lying to survivors about Canada’s commitment to uncovering the truth. The Survivors’ Secretariat, which is conducting an investigation into missing children and unmarked burials associated with the former Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School in Brantford, Ont., says it will have to close its doors at the end of the month unless it receives a funding decision from Crown-Indigenous Relations…