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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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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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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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Calgary professor outraged after Calgary Herald publishes cartoon that “trivializes” reconciliation
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On February 16, 2017


National News | February 10, 2017 by Tamara Pimentel (This bridge over the Bow River in Calgary is now called the Reconciliation Bridge. The renaming of the bridge inspired a cartoon in the pages of the Calgary Herald. Photo: Tamara Pimentel/APTN) Tamara Pimentel  APTN National […]


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Cooking for Reconciliation Pop-up Restaurant Vancouver
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On February 15, 2017


DESCRIPTION Cooking for Reconciliation is a journey toward Truth and Reconciliation using Indigenous foods to create a better understanding of pre-colonial Indigenous culture and the impact of colonization. Our traditional foods have the ability to nourish and cultivate awareness and […]


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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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Langevin Bridge is now called Reconciliation Bridge after council vote
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On January 24, 2017


The crossing in the city’s downtown was named after an architect of the residential school system By Drew Anderson, CBC News Posted: Jan 23, 2017 8:46 PM MT Last Updated: Jan 23, 2017 9:42 PM MT   Calgary’s Langevin Bridge, named after one of […]


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Exclusive: The Reconciliation
Mel Cook Crate Posted On January 22, 2017


It took a while to sit down again, after purging my story……   It was the sudden and tragic death of a younger male cousin that brought me out of a fog. The fog I wandered through for a while […]


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Gord Downie emotional as AFN honours him for reconciliation efforts
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On December 7, 2016


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 […]


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Street Education | Michael Champagne | TEDxUniversityofWinnipeg
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On December 4, 2016


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 […]


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UBC to house Western Canada’s first residential school history centre
Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On October 12, 2016


The University of British Columbia formally announced today the construction of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSC). This $5.5-million building in the heart of campus will recognize the history and experiences of residential school survivors, and memorialize […]


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Inside the Portage Indian Residential School
Editor in Chief Posted On June 14, 2016



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Ontario committed to teaching children about residential schools: minister
Editor in Chief Posted On May 31, 2016


David Zimmer, whose ministry is being renamed, said enhancing the curriculum will follow from the apology By Muriel Draaisma, CBC News Posted: May 31, 2016 11:11 AM ETLast Updated: May 31, 2016 12:45 PM ET Boys in a classroom c. 1945 […]


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B.C. author challenges Canadians to sign up for TRC reading challenge
Editor in Chief Posted On April 12, 2016


Jennifer Manuel wants 1,000 people to pledge by National Aboriginal Day By Chantelle Bellrichard, CBC News Posted: Apr 11, 2016 9:01 PM ET Last Updated: Apr 11, 2016 9:01 PM ET Jennifer Manuel, from Duncan, B.C., launched an online campaign to get people to […]


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Assiginack student honoured by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
Editor in Chief Posted On March 4, 2016


  Drake Trudeau (front row, second from right), a Grade 6 student at Assiginack Public School, was honoured by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) at the Rideau Hall in Ottawa earlier this week. OTTAWA—Assiginack Public School student […]


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20 years since Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, still waiting for change
Editor in Chief Posted On March 4, 2016


Commission aimed to repair relations between indigenous and non-indigenous people By Martha Troian, CBC News Paul Chartrand was one of the original commissioners of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Photo: Still from Home and Native Land, CBC, 1999. (CBC )  Martha […]


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