Tkemlúps te Secwépemc, Vancouver Archdiocese to sign ‘sacred covenant’ on Easter Sunday

Tkemlúps te Secwépemc and the Archdiocese of Vancouver will sign a “sacred covenant” this coming Easter Sunday, committing the church to share documents about the former Kamloops Residential School. Tkemlúps te Secwépemc Kúkpi7 Chief Rosanne Casimir says the documents are critical to the work of finding the children who never made it home from Residential […]

Read Article

Quesnel mayor’s wife stirs outrage over residential school denialism

The mayor of Quesnel was forced to publicly denounce the actions of his wife, after actions in her private life reflected on the city’s public institutions. Mayor Ron Paull confirmed at the Tuesday evening council meeting that his wife, Pat Morton, was passing out copies of a book titled Grave Error – How The Media […]

Read Article

Survivors of area residential schools reunite

Survivors of residential schools in northwestern Ontario are returning to the sites of those former schools. Grand Council Treaty Three’s Indian Residential School Department is organizing reunions for those who attended one of the six schools that operated in Treaty 3 territory. An event in Fort Frances on Monday attracted over 100…

Read Article

Introducing Residential Schools 101: New NCTR workshops engage learners on residential school history and legacy

Over the past seven months, Sandra Bender has delivered more than seven dozen presentations on the residential school system and its legacy.  As the community engagement and education program coordinator at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR), Bender has seen a growing demand for presentations on the topic…

Read Article