June 24, 2025
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Mel Cook Crate



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EXCLUSIVE: Let me tell you about inter-generational trauma.
Mel Cook Crate Posted On April 3, 2022


My grandmother was placed in residential school at the age of 6. For the 10 years she lived there, she would be given a number instead of a name, and be called that number for the next 10 years. I […]


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Exclusive: I am a survivor of the inter-generational trauma of residential schools; I am a child of survivors.
Mel Cook Crate Posted On March 25, 2022


My name is Jordan Apetagon. I am a survivor of the inter-generational trauma of residential schools; I am a child of survivors. At one point, I was a product of this broken system, a damaged environment that was haunted by […]


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Drugs at 4 months. Sexual abuse as a child. Now he fights to keep the monster inside.
Mel Cook Crate Posted On October 23, 2017


Gabriel Smarch shared his story of a cycle that is far too common in Indigenous communities. Gabriel Smarch in his apartment in the Kwanlin Dün First Nation, in Whitehorse. He says when he was 8, his school principal, identified in […]


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The healing game: Residential school survivors found salvation on and off the ice
Mel Cook Crate Posted On May 1, 2017


Residential school survivors found salvation on and off the ice at south Winnipeg Catholic school in the ’60s By: Randy Turner Posted: 04/28/2017 12:51 PM George Kakeway remembers he was wearing “raggedy old pants” and a summer jacket when his […]


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Federal government withheld documents from residential school survivors, lawyer says
Mel Cook Crate Posted On March 24, 2017


Court hears arguments that many students didn’t receive proper compensation for the abuses they suffered. By JESSE WINTER Staff Reporter Fri., March 24, 2017 Edmund Metatawabin has gotten used to waiting. “We’re always the last ones when it comes to reconciliation and […]


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Head of inquiry into residential schools says Ottawa lags on commitments
Mel Cook Crate Posted On March 16, 2017


GLORIA GALLOWAY OTTAWA — The Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Mar. 14, 2017 8:19PM EDT The Liberal government has made a lot of promises on reconciliation between Canada’s Indigenous peoples and the rest of the country, but has a long way to go […]


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‘I’m not a bad person:’ Recognizing impacts of childhood trauma in the justice system
Mel Cook Crate Posted On March 14, 2017


Psychologist says childhood abuse and neglect ‘not only cost the individual, they cost society’ By Curtis Mandeville, CBC News Posted: Mar 14, 2017 6:00 AM CT Last Updated: Mar 14, 2017 6:00 AM CT Michael Abel says childhood abuse fuelled his anger and rage […]


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Residential school survivor hopes to meet with senator over remarks
Mel Cook Crate Posted On March 10, 2017


Invitation over Beyak’s remarks that residential school teachers were ‘well-intentioned’ CBC News Posted: Mar 10, 2017 6:00 AM ET Last Updated: Mar 10, 2017 11:26 AM ET Garnet Angeconeb is a residential school survivor and long time social justice advocate who received […]


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An Open Letter to Lynn Beyak from a Privileged White Woman
Mel Cook Crate Posted On March 10, 2017


Ms. Beyak, What the hell are you thinking?  One white, non-residential school raised, woman of age and experience to another.  Seriously.  What the hell are you thinking? This CBC news article crossed my feeds this morning.  For some time, I thought, I’ll […]


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‘We owe this to ourselves’: Teachers learn how to talk residential schools at Winnipeg workshop
Mel Cook Crate Posted On March 8, 2017


Residential school legacy a tough but crucial element of Canadian history, workshop facilitator says By Aidan Geary, CBC News Posted: Mar 05, 2017 5:00 AM CT Last Updated: Mar 05, 2017 5:00 AM CT A group of female students and a nun pose in […]


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First Nation chief calls for charges against lawyer who overcharged residential school survivors
Mel Cook Crate Posted On February 20, 2017


Manitoba lawyer was disbarred after he took nearly $1 million from 55 survivors By Katie Nicholson, Katie Pedersen, CBC News Posted: Feb 17, 2017  Residential school survivor Cyril Desjarlais said he was happy to learn his lawyer, who was disbarred for overcharging his […]


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Doctors, nurses ‘bring a lot of biases’ to work with Indigenous patients, study finds
Mel Cook Crate Posted On February 6, 2017


Study looked at health care experiences of Indigenous people with diabetes in Canada Jody Porter · CBC News5 Hours Ago Steven Chapman conducts his own dialysis in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation in northern Ontario. New research shows Indigenous people in Canada […]


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Indigenous Trauma and Resiliency – new Master of Social Work program launched at University of Toronto
Mel Cook Crate Posted On February 3, 2017


Social worker Lisa Charleson works with families struggling with addiction, domestic violence – even suicide – and much of that pain can be traced back to the residential school system, she says. When Charleson, who is Nuu-chah-nulth from Vancouver Island’s west coast, […]


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First Grade 12 class to graduate from northern B.C. First Nations community
Mel Cook Crate Posted On January 29, 2017


Lax Kw’alaams class of 2017 planning grad trip, looking forward to graduating at home Lenard Monkman · CBC News There are nine students in the Coast Tsimshian Academy’s first ever Grade 12 class. (Cora Barak) 10k shares A small First Nations village […]


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Why this director is making a residential school horror movie
Mel Cook Crate Posted On January 26, 2017


Why this director is making a residential school horror movie Métis filmmaker Malcolm Walsh’s The Quiet Darkness will premiere in Yellowknife next month CBC Arts This filmmaker is turning a story about the residential school experience into an actual horror […]


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Indigenous leaders give Trudeau government failing grade on delivering promises
Mel Cook Crate Posted On January 26, 2017


Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett and the Liberal government have committed to supporting Indigenous child welfare services but many say there’s little progress. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)  Listen 19:45 It’s been one year since the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal’s historic […]


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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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