Celia Haig-Brown’s book Resistance and Renewal: Surviving the Indian Residential School was one of the first texts to describe the experiences of residential school survivors from their perspectives.People pay their respects at a memorial in Vancouver after the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation reported that ground-penetrating radar scans revealed dozens of remains at the former…
An official appointed by the Ontario Superior Court has found 81 St. Anne’s residential school compensation cases require “significant review,” as their outcomes could have been impacted by evidence contained in police records Ottawa failed to disclose.Edmund Metatawabin is a former chief of Fort Albany First Nation who has led the legal battle for a…
Chief Henry Lewis of Onion Lake Cree Nation says work is underway to search the St. Barnabas and eventually the St. Anthony’s residential school sites for unmarked graves. Onion Lake is located about 50 kilometres north of Lloydminster, which borders Saskatchewan and Alberta.Chief Henry Lewis of Onion Lake Cree Nation says work is underway to…
Over four hours, someone set fire to numerous items that had been left at the former residential school site in Brantford, Ont., to commemorate child victims of the system.Police have released this photo of a suspect who vandalized items left in a memorial to residential school victims in Brantford, Ont., on Friday. (Brantford Police Service)WARNING:…
The effects of the residential school system are downplayed in Quebec’s provincial school curriculum, but testimony and documentation brought forward at recent federal and provincial inquiries shows their devastating impact on Indigenous people in Quebec.In this photo presented at the Truth and Reconciliation Commision, residential school students are seen at the Roman Catholic cemetery in…
The survivors of St. Anne’s Residential school are rejecting Canada’s offer of an independent review of their abuse claims.St. Anne’s Residential School in Fort Albany, Ont. in the 1940s. (Algoma University/Edmund Metatawabin Collection)The survivors of St. Anne’s Residential school are rejecting Canada’s offer of an independent review of their abuse claims. Leo Ashamock is a…
It was a banner year for the value of residential building permits across Canada in 2020, despite early concerns the pandemic would devalue housing prices and shut or slow down construction. The value of residential construction permits reached new highs in Canada in 2020. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)It was a banner year for the value of…