A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
Canada’s justice minister is considering options raised by the independent adviser on unmarked graves, who says Indigenous leaders want Canada to move on criminalizing residential school denialism. Kimberly Murray called on lawmakers to consider “legal mechanisms” that could address the practice of denying or minimizing the abuses…
Tseshaht has voted to demolish Maht Mah’s gymnasium, one of two remaining Alberni Indian Residential School (AIRS) buildings, if the First Nation can secure federal funding to build a new multi-use community facility. “Culturally and sports and community wise, Maht Mah’s has been a hub, not just for Tseshaht, but many Nuu-chah-nulth…
The residential school system as an institution was a crime against humanity and should be investigated as such, a Manitoba grand chief says. Last week, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Grand Chief Garrison Settee said MKO was reiterating calls for the government of Canada to commence an investigation into the Indian…
On Friday, November 16th, the c̓išaaʔatḥ (Tseshaht) First Nation and the Canadian government announced that $2.7 million would be given in funding to try to identify additional unmarked gravesites around a former residential school near Port Alberni. The Alberni Indian Residential School operated from 1892 to 1973 under the United Church…
