Residential school survivors still waiting for next steps a year after papal visit

July 22, 2023

When Piita Irniq picked up his handmade wooden drum to perform for Pope Francis last year in Iqaluit, he was reclaiming an Inuit tradition that the Roman Catholic Church tried to erase through its residential schools. “I wanted him to know that this is what you cut off as part of colonialism,” Irniq said…