RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS
Justin Trudeau wants the Pope to say 'sorry'
The Canadian prime minister wants the Catholic leader to apologize for the decades of abuse that Indigenous children suffered in Catholic residential schools
Anger and hope in Val-d’Or
Quebec is embarking on a landmark inquest into how government institutions treat Indigenous people following a police scandal
‘The Land Is an Equalizer’: Indigenous Peoples Take Greater Role in Shaping Canada's National Parks
“We believe true reconciliation happens on the land.”
Fact check: How much progress has Trudeau actually made on promises to Indigenous people?
Fact check: How much progress has Trudeau actually made toward his promises to Indigenous people?
“It Sounds Like Demons Are Coming Out of Her:" A Conversation with Tanya Tagaq
Watch award-winning Canadian author Joseph Boyden talk to the Inuk throat singer about her latest album 'Retribution.'
Tory MP Brad Trost Compared New Sex-Ed Curriculum to Residential Schools
We won't explain why this is dumb.
Gord Downie Announces New Album and Graphic Novel About Residential Schools
The project sheds light on the history and repercussions of residential schools in Canada through the story of a 12-year-old Indigenous boy who died 50 years ago.
Indigenous people sue Canada for taking them from their homes as children
The children were taken out of their homes in Canada, largely without the consent of their families or bands, and placed in non-Indigenous care from the 1960s to the 1980s, in a period now known as the Sixties Scoop.
Judge Rules Residential School Survivor Shouldn’t Have Had to Prove Abuser’s ‘Sexual Intent'
Dozens of other claims were rejected on the same basis.
Everyone Needs to Watch This New Heritage Minute About Residential Schools
In honour of National Aboriginal Day, Historica Canada updated the hokey historical video series with an honest, emotional look at residential schools.
An Inside Look at Canada’s Program to Strip Indigenous Kids of Their Culture
For over a century, the Canadian government plucked 150,000 kids away from their communities and placed them in schools used to strip them of their culture and assimilate them into Euro-Canadian society.
Inside the Course Canadian Officers Are Taking to Improve Their Relationship with First Nations
But can a two-day course really improve decades of abuse and mistrust?