A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
Indigenous and Sikh motorcyclists in Manitoba made a third annual trip Saturday to honour children who died in residential schools, as well as survivors of the residential school system. The rumbling motors of the bikes roared down Pembina Highway as the Every Child Matters ride left from Dhillon Automotive Group in Winnipeg…
It is more than 70 kilometres from Wahpeton Dakota Nation to the site of what was once the St. Michael’s Indian Residential School in Duck Lake. This weekend, several members of the community and survivors from that school walked that distance by foot to raise awareness of the horrors they witnessed and how they…
The goal for the relay, set to take place in September, representing one kilometre for each of the First Nations, Inuit and Métis children who attended residential schools. Aimed at improving “cultural competency,” Greater Sudbury Police Service is hosting their second Truth and Reconciliation Relay in September. Their goal is for…
In 1961, students forced to attend the Edmonton Indian Residential School hit a breaking point. Fed up with abuse and meagre living conditions, they overpowered staff and took control of the school. CBC’s Wawmeesh Hamilton met people who were there, including the woman who started it by throwing cans of Spork…
