A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
Cadmus Delorme has been tasked with bringing the “worldviews” of the Canadian government and Indigenous survivors together when it comes to identifying and acquiring all relevant records for Indian residential schools.“No one’s opposing this,” said Delorme, chair of the Residential Schools Documents Advisory Committee…
A patchwork of people from various places and cultures have come together for a sewing retreat event in Timmins, Ont. They are volunteering their time to stitch up quilt squares for blankets which will be donated to survivors of the residential school system. The founder of ‘Quilts for Survivors’ said she is overwhelmed by what […]
The discovery of 215 potential graves at the former Kamloops Residential School in British Columbia started a modern reckoning across Canada–and around the world. Since then communities across the country have been doing their own searches and trying to find the records of children who went missing. For survivors and…
In her new, heavily personal documentary “WaaPaKe (Tomorrow),” Jules Koostachin explores the intergenerational impact Indian residential schools have. Here she explains her inspiration behind the film, her brother…
