PETERS – We call them survivors
WE CALL THEM SURVIVORS. Indigenous people who attended the schools in Canada’s residential school system are not called ‘former students’ or ‘attendees’ or [Continue]
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IN THE HOUSE – Community mourns with survivors of residential schools
Comments by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod in Parliament on Friday, May 28, 2021: Madam Speaker, yesterday, Kúkpi7 Rosanne Casimir of the Tk’emlúps [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Discovery of gravesites highlights the tragedy of Indian residential schools
THE GRIM DISCOVERY of the apparent gravesites of 215 children will undoubtedly change some thinking about what went on at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in the almost [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Good memorials, bad memorials of residential schools
FIRST NATIONS SHOW THE WAY to reconciliation. Protestors with other agendas should pay heed. In a transformative move, Indigenous Canadians have designated the residential [Continue]
EDITORIAL – New stat for Day of Reconciliation could be a good thing
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A NEW NATIONAL HOLIDAY around the issue of reconciliation is a good idea if it’s done right. If it’s just going to be about the sad [Continue]
IN THE HOUSE – ‘Residential school was clearly the source of so much pain’
Comments by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod during a debate in Parliament on Thursday, April 26, 2018 on whether to ask Pope Francis to apologize for the role of [Continue]
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