On Saturday, Ugpi’Ganjig First Nation marks Orange Shirt Day to honour Mi’kmaq resilience By Julia Wright, CBC News Posted: Sep 27, 2017 11:48 AM AT Last Updated: Sep 27, 2017 12:29 PM AT Rebecca LaBillois’s mother, Margaret, gathers traditional plant medicine […]
Senator urged Indigenous people to exchange their status cards for ‘a Canadian citizenship.’ The Canadian Press Posted: Sep 19, 2017 4:19 PM ET Last Updated: Sep 19, 2017 4:35 PM ET Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett said Tuesday Sen. […]
By Carrie MacKenzie “Stolen Words” by Melanie Florence and illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard is a beautiful, charming book for children ages six to nine. It tells the story of a little girl asking her Grandfather how to say “Grandfather” in […]
We meet with two residential school survivors as they share the harrowing experiences they endured as children forced to attend the government-run schools while separated from their families. ‘The Urban Rez’ airs Friday, 02/17 at 9P on VICELAND: http://bit.ly/2leKZLb
‘None of us are leaving, so let’s stop the guilt and blame,’ Conservative senator says in open letter By John Paul Tasker, CBC News Posted: Sep 13, 2017 12:44 PM ET Last Updated: Sep 13, 2017 1:34 PM ET John Paul […]
Augie Merasty was forced to walk 20 miles in subzero weather simply because he lost a mitten and then got the strap when he came back to St. Therese residential school empty-handed. He recounts surviving the abuse of the Manitoba […]
Chanie Wenjack’s short life has become an iconic symbol of the residential school era in Canada. By TANYA TALAGAStaff Reporter Tues., Sept. 5, 2017 The mother of Chanie Wenjack, the 12-year-old boy who froze to death while on the run […]
Woodland Cultural Centre Welcomes Survivors of Residential School, Supporters, for Moving Forward Together Event Brantford, ON – The Woodland Cultural Centre will welcome Survivors of the Residential School system from Six Nations, Northern Ontario, and Quebec for the first annual […]
To date, more than 38,000 people have applied for compensation and $3.1 billion has been paid out. And it could take several more years to wrap up On Oct. 7, 2007, Mary Moonias of Louis Bull First Nation, became the […]
The Canadian Press Published Thursday, August 17, 2017 11:01AM EDT OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal in a case about whether a Manitoba institution should be considered a residential school. Two lower courts said […]
It’s official, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced he will formally apologize to residential school survivors from Newfoundland and Labrador. The move brings survivors one step closer to finally having their stories acknowledged. Steven Cooper represented the school survivors in […]
August 14, 2017 Hunger experienced by those growing up in residential schools has been linked to health problems in adult survivors, new research shows
Sagkeeng Oldtimers team started in 1978 and competed around the world CBC News Posted: Aug 08, 2017 10:00 AM CT Last Updated: Aug 08, 2017 10:00 AM CT The Sagkeeng Oldtimers team in 1993. The team holds titles in the […]
Regina Indian Industrial School Cemetery will become a provincial heritage property REGINA LEADER-POST More from Regina Leader-Post Published on: July 25, 2017 | Last Updated: July 25, 2017 8:19 AM CST Janine Windolph, president of the Regina Indian Industrial School […]
Thousands of Indigenous kids were taken from their homes to be assimilated. This is Geraldine’s story. Posted on July 21, 2017, at 11:18 a.m. Colin Graf BuzzFeed Contributor Geraldine Robertson, right, in 1946. The young girl smiles broadly in the […]
The committee had extended the invite after Beyak’s comments defending residential schools CBC News Posted: Jul 19, 2017 12:21 PM ET Senator Lynn Beyak met with community leaders and residential school survivors in Sioux Lookout, Ont., on July 11 to […]
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.
