News & Updates
A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
Toronto opens Spirit Garden, a space for residential school survivors, in Nathan Phillips Square
January 1, 2025
Michael Cheena says he gets emotional when he reads the names of the 18 residential schools that operated in Ontario on a monument in Spirit Garden in Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square. He attended two of them. He said spaces like this are reminders of why we need to understand what survivors endured and support the families and communities they come from. The Spirit Garden in the south-west quadrant of the plaza outside….