Also says government withheld documents from people seeking redress for alleged abuse Joanna Smith, The Canadian Press May 25, 2016 OTTAWA – A lawyer is accusing the federal government of withholding important documents from people seeking redress for alleged abuse […]
Sarah Jerome gave presentation to Canadian students at the university By Katherine Barton, CBC News Posted: May 19, 2016 5:26 PM CT Last Updated: May 22, 2016 6:20 PM CT Sarah Jerome, a former N.W.T. languages commissioner, recently gave a presentation to Canadian students […]
Questions need to be answered before residential school survivors can heal, says Garnet Angeconeb CBC News Posted: May 20, 2016 7:30 Garnet Angeconeb, of Sioux Lookout, Ont., says there needs to be an independent evaluation of the Residential Schools Settlement Agreement […]
Here, students learn to play the recorder at Shubenacadie Residential School. Charlotte Morris (back row, second from left) said it wasn’t this ‘picture perfect’ all of the time. (submitted) Charlotte Morris spent 3 years at Shubenacadie Residential School By Laura Chapin, CBC […]
‘They’re going to be looking at things a lot differently now.’ – Gilbert Sark By Gail Harding, CBC News Summerside Intermediate School students participate in a blanket ceremony on Friday. (CBC) Students at Summerside Intermediate School in Summerside, P.E.I., took part in […]
Barbara Landis is a Carlisle Indian School biographer and historian at Cumberland County Historical Society., March 22, 2016. James Robinson, PennLive.com By Ivey DeJesus | idejesus@pennlive.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter on May 06, 2016 at 6:30 AM Jessie Spread Hands, […]
Woman who testified she was sexually abused as a child says the class action case has dragged on too long CBC News Posted: May 10, 2016 7:51 AM NT Last Updated: May 10, 2016 10:32 AM NT Toby Obed, a plaintiff […]
May 10, 2016 by Jorge Barrera (Photo of children at St. Anne’s Indian residential school. Photo/National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.) Jorge Barrera APTN National News Ottawa is continuing its court battle against a residential school survivor who attended the notorious St. […]
He is expected to introduce the private member’s bill to Parliament next week CBC News Posted: May 07, 2016 4:27 PM Robert-Falcon Ouellette said the bill is being introduced in an effort to unite Canadians and create understanding for Canada’s […]
JASON WARICK, SASKATOON STARPHOENIX Published on: May 4, 2016 | Last Updated: May 4, 2016 5:37 PM CST FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron GREG PENDER / SASKATOON STARPHOENIX Saskatoon’s Roman Catholic bishop says there’s a “moral obligation” to come up with the remaining $21-million […]
May 1, 2016 — 1:08 AM EDT Camera icon CHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer JT Stavely walks through the Carlisle cemetery with smoldering sage to cleanse the area. by Jeff Gammage, Staff Writer The children died far from their […]
BITTER TEARS, 36 pp., staplebound, $12.00 ISBN 978-1-939301-72-7 Available May 1, 2016, $12.00 Pre-orders $2 off. PayPal Click Here or email mammothpubs@gmail.com for multiple copies or information. Denise Lajimodiere spent years interviewing boarding school survivors for this project of moving narrative and […]
GLORIA GALLOWAY AND SEAN FINE OTTAWA and TORONTO — The Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Apr. 26, 2016 11:27PM EDT Last updated Wednesday, Apr. 27, 2016 9:02AM EDT The failure of the Catholic Church’s fundraising efforts for aboriginal healing and reconciliation means that other […]
Michael Cheena, 64 Attended Bishop Horden residential school in Moose Factory, Ont., from 1958 to 1966. Also went to Shingwauk Hall residential school in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., from 1967 to 1968. For Michael Cheena, the path to reconciliation is […]
Romeo Saganash says his bill will ensure progress is made by the federal government By Kristy Kirkup, The Canadian Press Posted: Apr 21, 2016 3:12 PM ET Last Updated: Apr 21, 2016 6:21 PM ET A residential school survivor turned New Democrat MP […]
Residential School Magazine. Dealing with all aspects of the residential school experience. Featuring stories from survivors, interviews with prominent First Nations and Native American people, and inspirational essays and narratives. Its general tone is to uplift, aid, and inform readers who have been affected by the residential school system.
