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MPP shares personal residential school experiences at Queen’s Park

Residential School, Survivor Accounts

Standing in the provincial legislature, MPP Sol Mamakwa shared his experiences from being born in the Sioux Lookout Indian Hospital to attending a residential school. Mamakwa, the MPP for Kiiwetinoong and NDP deputy leader, rose at Queen’s Park on Thursday and spoke for nearly eight minutes, detailing how he is a “survivor…

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‘I grieve for the ones that didn’t come home’: St. Anne’s survivor helping to search for unmarked graves

Residential School, Survivor Accounts

Rick Wabano was sitting in his Grade 2 classroom in Moosonee when a priest came in, took him home to pack a bag and then brought him down to the float plane dock. He and two of his younger siblings were flying further up Ontario’s James Bay Coast to the St. Anne’s Indian Residential School […]

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‘I understand the pain’: Film explores residential schools’ intergenerational impacts

Residential School, Resources

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…

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Claims deadline approaching for residential school Day Scholars

Day School

For years, they’ve been left out but now thousands who attended residential schools as Day Scholars are entitled to compensation and the deadline for submissions is quickly approaching…

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