Solving a mystery from residential school
Mario Ballantyne records his efforts to find a boy from his community who went missing from residential school almost a century ago…
News & Updates
A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
Senate report calls for Canada to compel Catholic entities to release residential school records
Indigenous peoples continue to struggle to access complete and timely records about Indian Residential Schools, according to a new report by the Senate standing committee on Indigenous Peoples. The report, Missing Records, Missing Children, was released Thursday and includes 11 recommendations to improve access to residential school records, including for the Canadian government to compel […]
Ottawa ‘breaks commitment’ on residential school grave searches: NCTR
The federal government is being slammed for a “devastating” cut to funding for unmarked grave searches near former residential schools. The unexpected cap on funds was revealed last week. “It’s been devastating for us,” said Laura Arndt, secretariat lead of the Survivors’ Secretariat, an organization overseeing the survivor-led search for unmarked graves of children who […]
Funding cut for residential school searches ‘reflects a troubling denialism,’ says chief
Officials with the federal government told organizations and community leaders responsible for searches for missing children and unmarked burials at residential school sites Thursday their funding is being capped at $500,000 per year. That cap is substantially less than previous operating budgets and much less than what organizations estimate is required to continue the work. […]