Indian Residential School Community Engagement Fund

On July 31, 2023, the Ontario government launched the new Indian Residential School Community Engagement Fund (IRSCEF), which will provide up to $7.075M in support to organizations and communities for community engagement and related activities in response to planned or ongoing burial investigations at former…

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‘I think of my mushum’: Families of residential school survivors gather for Delmas walk

As Sonia Pete started to walk Friday morning from Little Pine First Nation to the town of Delmas, nearly 40 kilometres away, she thought about her late father and grandfather. “Part of the path we are walking – Paynton Road (Grid 674), is the path my Dad took when he came home from residential school…

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Alberta government will require annual ‘free speech reporting’ from post-secondary schools

The Alberta government will require post-secondary schools to provide “annual free speech reporting” to the minister of advanced education, the province announced in a news release Friday. The government said the annual reporting will supplement a previous requirement that all 26 publicly funded…

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