Residential school

Generations of First Nations children were abducted to institutions to solve the country’s ‘Indian problem’. Thousands never returned

"LOOKING UNTO JESUS'' At Kuper Island Residential School the brothers and fathers and sisters are trying to take out all the Indian out of them make them follow '' white people rules'' do only '' white people things''.

These picture books help teach about Indian Residential Schools, which is foundational to understanding Canada as it is today.

As Canadian students return to class, educators are scrambling to add an important new element to the curriculum - the history and impact of residential schools.

With the discovery of human remains on the grounds of residential schools, this history is now dominating the conversation in the country.

Preliminary findings from a survey of the grounds at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School have uncovered the remains of 215 children buried at the site, the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation says.

Healing the impacts of Residential Schools Between 1831 and 1996, residential schools operated in Canada through arrangements between the Government of Canada and the church. One common objective defined this period — the

What if it were YOUR kids that had been stolen from you, and ended up in one of the "Residencial" schools in Canada? !

The head of Canada's national archive dedicated to Indian residential schools says the voices of 40,000 survivors would be silenced if a judge orders their testimony destroyed.