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This education guide aims to raise awareness of the history of residential schools in Canada and increase understanding of the important role education plays in the reconciliation process. The guide offers classroom activities you can use to explore this difficult topic. The guide offers standalone activities, as well as activities that connect ...
The history of residential schools in Canada can be traced as far back as the 17th century. Watch the “Residential Schools in Canada Timeline” video to learn about the significant dates in its history — from the landing of Jesuits in what is now known as Quebec, to the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s final report in 2015.
- March 14, 2011
- Nov. 12, 2010
- June 21, 2010
- April 16, 2010
- April 8, 2010
- March 19, 2010
- March 2, 2010
- Dec. 30, 2009
- Sept. 21, 2009
- June 10, 2009
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission begins three months of hearings in 19 northern communities in the lead up to its second national event, which will be held in Inuvik, N.W.T. between June 28 and July 1.
The government of Canada announces it will endorse the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, a non-binding document that describes the individual and collective rights of indigenous peoples around the world. The Truth and Reconciliation Committee hails the decision as a step towards making amends.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is pleased with the outcomeof its first national event in Winnipeg, despite receiving a smaller number of survivor statements than hoped.
Thousands of aboriginal residential school survivors meet in Winnipeg for the first national event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
With the simple cutting of a ribbon, Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission officially opens its headquartersin Winnipeg, two years after it was first created.
Survivors of abuse at residential schools are fearing the end of federal fundingon March 31 for the Aboriginal Healing Foundation, a nationwide network of community-based healing initiatives. The federal government did not renew its funding for the foundation (AHF), which serves 134 community-based healing programs.
Investigations into cases of studentswho died or went missing while attending Canada's residential schools are a priority for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, says the group's new research director.
Canada's residential schools commission is settling in to its new home — and name— in Winnipeg. New chief commissioner Justice Murray Sinclair recently moved the headquarters of the commission from Ottawa to Winnipeg. The commission has also changed its name from the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission to theTruth and Rec...
Justice Murray Sinclair says he'll have to work hardto restore the commission's credibility. Sinclair says people lost some faith in the commission after infighting forced the resignation of the former chairman and commissioners.
Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl announces the appointment of Judge Murray Sinclair, an aboriginal justice from Manitoba, as chief commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for residential schools. Marie Wilson, a senior executive with the N.W.T. Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission, and Wilton Littlechild, Alberta regional...
Until the 1950s, holidays for many of the students included periods of work and play at the school. Only from the 1960s on did the schools routinely send children home for holidays. Therefore, many students in the residential school system did not see their family for years. Daily Schedule at Qu’Appelle Industrial School, 1893
May 30, 2021 · The Mohawk Institute in Brantford, Ontario, was the first to open in 1831, and the Gordon Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan, being the last to close in 1996. Nearly 130 schools were placed throughout Canada and sought to have housed 150,000+ Indigenous children throughout the years of operation. However, these children didn’t just go ...
Jun 8, 2021 · An early educational reformer who laid the groundwork for much of Canada’s system of public education, Ryerson’s role in the creation of residential schools is less direct. He drafted an ...
Timeline - Indian Residential Schools. Some 150,000 Aboriginal children were removed and separated from their families and communities to attend residential schools. There were over 139 schools located in every province and territory except Newfoundland, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. While most Indian Residential Schools ceased to ...
