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Canada

National chief says ICC should probe disappearances of children from residential schools

The call for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the disappearance of Indigenous children from Canadian residential schools has…

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Canada

Survivors call on Canada to criminalize residential school denialism

Residential school survivors are calling on Canada to criminalize residential school denialism, echoing one of the findings in a report…

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Politics

Indigenous leaders praise report on Canada’s ‘disappeared’ residential school children

WARNING: This article talks about abuse of children at residential schools.  Kimberly Murray has opened an uncomfortable but long overdue conversation…

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Politics

Canada must provide reparations to families of children missing at residential schools, says Kimberly Murray

Many Indigenous children who died and were buried at Indian residential schools are not missing but are “victims of enforced disappearance,”…

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Canada

Manitoba historian concerned residential school denialism will rise after Biden’s apology in U.S.

As a young child, Dennis Saddleman’s mother always ensured he knew how much she loved him, gave him kisses on…

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Canada

Canadian Indigenous leaders hope Biden’s residential schools apology leads to meaningful change

Canadian Indigenous leaders say U.S. President Joe Biden’s apology for his country’s residential school system is only the first step…

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Nova Scotia

Amherst, Cumberland County sign land deal for residential development

Two municipalities in northern Nova Scotia are collaborating on a new residential housing development. The Town of Amherst and the…

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Politics

Residential school survivors press Ottawa for more money to find unmarked graves

A group of residential school survivors and their supporters are asking the federal government to reverse what they’re calling a…

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Politics

Residential school monument finds home at national history museum

Master carver Stanley C. Hunt stands in front of the Indian Residential School Memorial Monument he created and that will…

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Politics

Bill before Parliament would outlaw residential school ‘denialism’

An NDP MP is pushing forward with legislation that would outlaw attempts to deny or downplay the harms caused by Canada’s…

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