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May 1, 2022 · Decades after their children went missing after they were taken away for medical treatment and six months after a bill came into effect allowing for the release of crucial documents, some...
- 'It has never been a secret that children went missing': Will ...
When word that the remains of an estimated 215 Indigenous...
- 'It has never been a secret that children went missing': Will ...
Jun 11, 2021 · When word that the remains of an estimated 215 Indigenous children had been found on the grounds of the Kamloops Indian Residential School circulated in late May, it was the leading news story...
Mar 21, 2024 · An estimated 150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend residential schools across Canada. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which looked into the legacy of the schools, found a...
May 29, 2021 · The remains were discovered in a mass grave on the grounds of a former residential school that was once part of a nationwide effort to assimilate Indigenous children.
- Wynne Davis
- We call upon all chief coroners and provincial vital statistics agencies that have not provided to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada their records on the deaths of Aboriginal children in the care of residential school authorities to make these documents available to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.
- We call upon the federal government to allocate sufficient resources to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation to allow it to develop and maintain the National Residential School Student Death Register established by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
- We call upon the federal government to work with churches, Aboriginal communities, and former residential school students to establish and maintain an online registry of residential school cemeteries, including, where possible, plot maps showing the location of deceased residential school children.
- We call upon the federal government to work with the churches and Aboriginal community leaders to inform the families of children who died at residential schools of the child's burial location, and to respond to families' wishes for appropriate commemoration ceremonies and markers, and reburial in home communities where requested.
May 26, 2022 · One year after the announcement, Indigenous communities across the country are working to find the specific locations where children may be buried. Many families were never notified if their children died while at school.
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May 31, 2021 · We are heartbroken by the discovery of the remains of Indigenous children at Indian Residential Schools located on the traditional territories and lands of First Nations people. Countless children who lost their childhoods.
