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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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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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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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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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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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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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‘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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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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First Nations author Bev Sellars

Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On March 1, 2017

by Kelowna Capital News – Kelowna Capital News Kelowna posted Mar 1, 2017 at 3:00 PM A survivor of Canada’s residential school system and an advocate of First Nations rights will be in Kelowna next week to discuss indigenous rights. Bev Sellars is a former councillor and chief of the Xat’sull (Soda Creek) First Nation in Williams Lake as well as […]

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Residential School Walk will be a healing journey

Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On February 28, 2017

St’at’imc survivors of the Kamloops Indian Residential School and their families will embark on a healing journey in March – a four-day walk called Náskan Ūxwal (I’m Going Home) that will take them from the school through St’at’imc territory. The […]

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Augie Merasty, author and residential school survivor, dead at 87

Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On February 28, 2017

REGINA LEADER-POST Published on: February 27, 2017 | Last Updated: February 27, 2017 4:47 PM CST Joseph (Augie) Merasty (left) and David Carpenter. GORD WALDNER / SASKATOON STARPHOENIX Author and residential school survivor Joseph (Augie) Merasty, 87, died Monday morning in Prince Albert, […]

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Two photos of residential school students taken down at WDM after complaint

Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On February 23, 2017

A photo showing a boys’ soccer team from Battleford Industrial School is seen here on display at the Western Development Museum. The photo was removed after a complaint from Tammy Robert, a Saskatoon mother. (Tammy Robert) CTV Saskatoon Published […]

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In Philly archives, a native chief finds traces of his father — and of his people

Marc P. Klijnsmit Posted On February 20, 2017

ED HILLE / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER When native chief Bill Cranmer of the Namgis tribe on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, visited Philadelphia’s American Philosophical Society to research his tribe’s history, he discovered his father’s writing. ED HILLE/Staff Photographer by Jeff Gammage, Staff […]

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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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