Former student first to come forward alleging justice denied due to government withholding key documents By Karina Roman, CBC News Posted: Mar 02, 2016 5:51 PM A group of Altar Boys at St. Anne’s Indian Residential School circa 1945 in Fort Albany, Ont. […]
Indigenous activist asks about Rana Bokhari’s legal work with survivors seeking compensation By Donna Carreiro, CBC News At 39, Rana Bokhari is the youngest person ever to lead the Manitoba Liberal Party. (CBC) Liberal Leader Rana Bokhari admits it was “harsh” to […]
Truth and reconciliation event includes call for action Squamish Nation elder Bob Baker speaks with an audience member Monday night at the Eagle Eye Theatre. Photo: Jennifer Thuncher It was an emotional two hours of sharing, listening and learning. The […]
17 private investigation firms contracted by government, at a cost of over $1.5M, to help settle abuse claims By Martha Troian, for CBC News The federal government has located thousands of people accused of physically and sexually abusing students at Canada’s Indian […]
GLORIA GALLOWAY OTTAWA — The Globe and Mail Published Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016 8:30PM EST Justice department lawyers have been accused of withholding documents that show a priest who worked at an infamous Indian residential school for nearly four decades was a […]
ERIC VOLMERS, CALGARY HERALD More from Eric Volmers, Calgary Herald Published on: February 27, 2016 Author Joan Crate is pictured in Calgary, Alta on Friday February 19, 2016. Black Apple, is a coming-of-age story that takes place in a residential […]
GLORIA GALLOWAY OTTAWA — The Globe and Mail Published Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016 11:58PM EST The head of the committee established to oversee the process for compensating people who were abused at Canada’s Indian residential schools has rejected a call to investigate why […]
By James Munson | Feb 24, 2016 5:51 pm | Assembly of First Nations national Chief Perry Bellegarde and his Chief of Staff Dale Leclair appear at Commons Aboriginal affairs committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016., to […]
Rev. Joseph Jones realized in the 1950s that hunting and trapping alone would not sustain growing aboriginal communities. So he encouraged parents to allow their children to attend schools where they could acquire skills and trades to compete in a […]
Monique Caissie Become a fan Educational Speaker, Consultant and Executive Coach Thursday, February 18th, I listened with rapt attention to The Right Honourable Paul Martin as he engaged with 5 Former First Nations Chiefs. In the image above, from left to […]
Story by Dana Tizya-Tramm – Old Crow/Yukon Territory – Part 1. Government funded, Christian church administered residential schools began in the 1870’s and on, the last of which closed in 1996. Although some had happy memories of their experience many […]
Story by Dana Tizya-Tramm – Old Crow/Yukon Territory – Part 2. Beginning in 1967 psychologists Martin Seligman and Steven F. Maier inflicted pain by electrical shock on three groups of dogs in an experiment designed to probe depression and […]
Little known policy restricted people living on reserves, enforced for nearly 60 years By Stephanie Cram, CBC News Posted: Feb 19, 2016 5:00 A two week pass for Edward Yahyahkeekoot from the Saskatchewan Archives Board. This is one of the few remaining passes […]
THUNDER BAY – Momentum is building for the Day Scholars Class Proceeding. In addition to the original two Bands, twenty two other First Nations Bands have opted into the action and several more have committed to joining. The deadline for other […]
A months-long investigation reveals that at every step, Canada’s justice system is set against Indigenous people Nancy MacDonald Photo credit: Don Healy/Regina Leader-Post http://www.macleans.ca February 18, 2016 Canada’s crime rate just hit a 45-year low. It’s been dropping for years—down by half […]
Ontario workers to be taught about the legacy of colonization in hopes to improve understanding. ADRIAN WYLD / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO Truth and Reconciliation Commission chairman Justice Murray Sinclair called the residential school system a dark period in […]
Residential School Magazine. Dealing with all aspects of the residential school experience. Featuring stories from survivors, interviews with prominent First Nations and Native American people, and inspirational essays and narratives. Its general tone is to uplift, aid, and inform readers who have been affected by the residential school system.
