A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
A Timmins woman is being honoured by the governor general for her contributions and community work. Vanessa Génier, the founder of Quilts for Survivors, is being awarded a meritorious service decoration (civil division) from Governor General Mary Simon for providing quilts and comfort to residential school survivors. Génier,…
Unmarked burials and the experiences of Inuit and northern communities will be the focus of a conference opening in Iqaluit later this week. Participants from across the country will attend the sixth National Gathering on Unmarked Burials, running Jan. 30 to Feb. 1 at the Aqsarniit hotel…
It started with a napkin. Mission Public School District Indigenous Mentor teacher Peggy Janicki and her brother were visiting their mother, Mary O’Connal, at the hospital. O’Connal was a survivor of Lejac Residential School in Fort Saint James and was at Abbotsford Hospital with a broken hip. While workers were taking…
When Piita Irniq picked up his handmade wooden drum to perform for Pope Francis last year in Iqaluit, he was reclaiming an Inuit tradition that the Roman Catholic Church tried to erase through its residential schools. “I wanted him to know that this is what you cut off as part of colonialism,” Irniq said…
