October 16, 2026
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Order of Ontario nominee Geraldine Robertson set to speak at reconciliation symposium
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On April 19, 2017


By Barbara Simpson, Sarnia Observer Tuesday, April 18, 2017 11:26:53 EDT AM Marie Strapp, 90, of Grand Bend, looks at a photo she took of Geraldine Robertson at the former Mount Elgin Indian Industrial School in Muncey, Ont. Strapp, who […]


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After 50-year search, Inuk mother finds daughter’s grave 2,000 km from home
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On April 11, 2017


Residential school student Marieyvonne Alaka died and was buried in Quebec By Jane Sponagle, CBC News Posted: Jul 17, 2016 5:45 AM CT Last Updated: Jul 18, 2016 7:42 AM CT In the only photo Marieyvonne Alaka’s family has of her, […]


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How Senator Murray Sinclair responds to why don’t residential school survivors just ‘get over it’
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On April 6, 2017


  This special edition of The Current is a public forum held at the Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., across the river from Parliament Hill. The forum explored the work of the national inquiry into MMIWG and connected that […]


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Taking A Stand Against Bigotry: Eradicating Native American Boarding Schools in Wisconsin
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On April 5, 2017


Winnie Hilker’s NHD Documentary Entry 2017


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Canada  / News  / Politics  / Residential School  / Survivors  / Trending
Sen. Beyak removed from Senate committee over residential school comments
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On April 5, 2017


The Canadian Press Published Wednesday, April 5, 2017 6:41PM EDT OTTAWA – Conservative Sen. Lynn Beyak, who famously declared “some good” came out of Canada’s residential schools, has been removed from the Senate’s committee on aboriginal peoples. A spokesperson for […]


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Art  / Canada  / Healing  / News  / Reconciliation  / Residential School  / Trending
Reconciliation Pole at UBC nails the past to confront harsh reality of residential schools
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On April 1, 2017


KEVIN GRIFFIN More from Kevin Griffin Published on: March 31, 2017 | Last Updated: March 31, 2017 3:42 PM PDT Jim Hart with the Reconciliation Pole at UBC. ARLEN REDEKOP / PNG SHAREADJUSTCOMMENTPRINT One of the most distinctive parts of Reconciliation Pole are the copper […]


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Indigenous students claim sexual abuse at Catholic day school in Manitoba
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On April 1, 2017


Lawsuit says clergy, province failed to protect children from predators in 1950s and 1960s By Laura Glowacki, CBC News Posted: Mar 27, 2017 4:00 AM CT Last Updated: Mar 27, 2017 7:22 AM CT Brother Frederick Leach was given the Order of Canada in […]


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There was nothing ‘good’ about residential schools: Anglican Church of Canada
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On March 20, 2017


‘We have hung our heads in shame’: An open letter to Senator Lynn Beyak Monday, March 20th, 2017 Residential school survivor Joe George, right, of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation, and elder Marie George embrace during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission […]


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Senator Beyak agrees to meet residential school survivors … in the summer
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On March 20, 2017


National News | March 20, 2017 by Willow Fiddle Willow Fiddler APTN National News Senator Lynn Beyak says she will meet with leaders and residential school survivors this summer to discuss their “very real” concerns. Beyak was invited to meet with a Truth and […]


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Award-winning Ojibwa author Richard Wagamese dead at 61
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On March 11, 2017


The author and journalist, famed for his reflections on the legacy of the residential school system, died Friday at his home in Kamloops, B.C., his family said. Author and journalist Richard Wagamese died Friday afternoon in his home in Kamloops, […]


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Canada  / News  / Reconciliation  / Residential School  / Survivors  / Trending
Senator’s residential school comment ‘hurts the integrity of the Canadian system,’ survivor says
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On March 10, 2017


Theodore Fontaine says the bad far outweighed any good experiences during his 12 years in residential school CBC News Posted: Mar 10, 2017 9:18 AM CT Last Updated: Mar 10, 2017 9:18 AM CT Theodore Fontaine says a conservative senator’s comments about […]


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Native American  / Trending  / Truth
Cultural impact of the Indian Adoption Project still felt today
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On March 10, 2017


In 1958 the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) created the Indian Adoption Project. Its clear goal was to take Native kids away from their biological parents. That’s according to Melissa Olson, a legal advocate for Native children. “This was not […]


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Conservative senator defends ‘well-intentioned’ residential school system
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On March 8, 2017


Former head of Truth and Reconciliation Commission ‘shocked’ by Lynn Beyak’s remarks John Paul Tasker · Parliamentary Bureau · CBC News Conservative Senator Lynn Beyak laments that the positive experiences and ‘good deeds’ of administrators at residential schools have been overshadowed […]


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Survivors Rowe
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On March 5, 2017


For almost twenty years Ralph Rowe held a unique esteem in the isolated First Nation Reserves of Northern Ontario. As an Anglican minister and a Boy Scout leader, Rowe was revered and trusted by community elders and cultivated adoration from […]


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Ottawa starts compensating residential school survivors over rejected claims
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On March 4, 2017


GLORIA GALLOWAY OTTAWA — The Globe and Mail Published Friday, Mar. 03, 2017 6:00AM EST The federal government has reached financial agreements with the first of many people who were harmed as children at an Indian residential school but whose claims for compensation […]


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The Broken Promises of American Indian Treaties, Sewn onto Quilts
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On March 2, 2017


Gina Adams sews text from the American Indian Treaties onto quilts, articulating the deception and violence used to marginalize Native Americans in the formation of the United States. Rachel Elizabeth Jones Gina Adams, “Broken Treaty Quilt: Fort Laramie” (1868) (back) […]


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    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 will be to uplift, aid, and inform readers who have been affected by the residential school system.


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