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 […]

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Executive Director Kristin Kozar discusses the work of the IRSHDC and its forthcoming Open House

The Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC) is opening its doors to the UBC Vancouver community to highlight its important role on campus. Ahead of the first Open House on April 15, we spoke with Executive Director, Kristin Kozar about how the IRSHDC staff support Residential School Survivors and her plans to expand the […]

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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 […]

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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…

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