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Kids’ Graves Exposed the Horror of Canada’s Residential Schools. Outrage Isn’t Enough.
“Thousands of graves” are left to search before the true scale of missing Indigenous children is understood. In the meantime, Canadians have a lot of work to do.
Residential School Survivors Tell Us What Intergenerational Trauma Really Is
The impact of Canada’s residential school system, known for rampant abuses, is still being felt generations later by Indigenous people. Here’s what that looks like—and how to heal.
Criminally Charge Canada and the Catholic Church For Residential Schools: Experts
Too few people in charge of residential schools have faced legal consequences for “crimes against humanity” committed against Indigenous children, experts say.
Inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women grappling with how to get police files
Chief Commissioner Marion Buller said the inquiry is still looking at how to compel evidence during the inquiry
Justin Trudeau Wants to Scrap Law That Lets Teachers and Parents Spank Kids
The move is part of the Liberal government’s promise to carry out all 94 of the recommendations offered in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) final report on the devastating legacy of the residential school system.
Justin Trudeau Says the Pope Should Say Sorry for Abuse of Aboriginal People in Canada
Trudeau promised to ask for Pope Francis’ mea culpa on Wednesday, after a meeting designed to start the process towards reconciliation with Aboriginal people who were forced into a residential school system rife with abuse.
Manitoba Apologizes for Forcibly Removing Indigenous Children From Their Families
From the early 1960s to the 1980s, social workers in Canada took children from First Nations, Inuit and Métis families, without their consent, and placed them in foster care or adoptive homes. Manitoba is the first province to apologize.