The Season Finale of The Other Side is on APTN tonight!! The tragic history of a residential school, and the quest to find peace for some troubled spirits, is the focus of three intense nights of investigation by the team. […]
At 74, Arthur Bear Chief is bringing his pain to the page. In his book My Decade at Old Sun, My Lifetime of Hell, Bear Chief chronicles his time in residential school, writing candidly about the sexual abuse he suffered and […]
Each piece tells a story Thursday, Dec 22, 2016 06:00 am By: Tammy Marlowe Johnson Richard Whitford poses in front of his Christmas village. Ryan Wellicome A Cochrane couple’s teeny-tiny Christmas village is bringing heaps of holiday cheer to all […]
Former students of the Rankin Inlet hall will now be able to file for compensation NUNATSIAQ NEWS Testimony from Simeon Mikkungwak, MLA for Baker Lake, who was sent to Kivalliq Hall to attend school in Rankin Inlet in the late […]
By Meghan Werft | Dec. 15, 2016 Justin Trudeau will meet with Canada’s indigenous leaders today in Ottawa on the one-year anniversary of a startling report outlining a long history of abuse and neglect. The Prime Minister said he will update leaders on his administration’s efforts to make up […]
TORONTO — Two survivors of a notorious Indian residential school want the courts to ensure they aren’t forced to foot the government’s legal bills if they lose a complex case involving hidden police documents and a dispute over compensation for […]
History isn’t always pretty. That’s why we need to talk about it. July 1, 2016 By Heather Libby On July 1, 149 years ago, Canada became a country. To believe the history books I read when growing up, this process was filled with […]
Jean-Luc Vollant, a former officer with an indigenous police force near Sept-Îles, Que., was charged in November 2016 with rape and sexual assault in connection with incidents that allegedly occurred between 1980 and 1986. (FACEBOOK) Jean-Luc Vollant told Truth and Reconciliation […]
‘We want to be a part of the healing and reconciliation process’: Regina Archbishop Don Bolen By Jason Warick, CBC News Dec 09, 2016 10:40 AM CT The centrepiece of the Pope’s proposed visit to Saskatchewan would be a long-awaited residential school […]
KRISTY KIRKUP GATINEAU, Que. — The Canadian Press Published Tuesday, Dec. 06, 2016 4:28PM EST A frail-looking Gord Downie wept openly, wiping tears from his eyes, as indigenous leaders paid tribute to the ailing Tragically Hip frontman Tuesday for his efforts in forcing […]
Army Corps of Engineers will not grant the permit for the Dakota Access pipeline to drill under the Missouri river, handing a major win to environmental activists The army corps will undertake an environmental impact statement and look for alternative […]
Street Education is a form of resistance to Indian Residential Schools. Be aware of traumas ! Michael Redhead Champagne has spent the last 19 years speaking out and leading by example. Recognized in 2015 by TIME Magazine as a Next […]
Richmond Hill Liberal By Kim Zarzour Joel Clements is adamant: he does not want this story to be about him. But in a way, it has to be, because he is just “an ordinary Canadian” and isn’t that the point? Like […]
By McGill Reporter Staff The Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) has named Cindy Blackstock, from the School of Social Work, as one of the winners of the 2016 Human Rights Award. Established in 2013, the award recognizes outstanding contributions to […]
The state of First Nations education in Canada is dire, says a new report that calls on government to close the “dramatic” gap in per-student funding and promotes a new generation of Aboriginal-run residential schools. The report from the Northern […]
FAIRBANKS – For the first time, a church organization has apologized to the Alaska Federation of Natives for its treatment of Native people and especially for abuses in boarding schools. The Presbyterian Church’s national general assembly agreed in June, at […]
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.
