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Inquest process starts for deaths of seven Native students (06/11)
An initial hearing was held today for the inquest into the deaths of seven Native students in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The students -- six males and one female -- died...
Filed Under: Canada | Opinion | World
Peter d'Errico: Ignorance can't be an excuse for genocide (05/16)
Peter d'Errico discusses genocide in Guatemala, Canada and the United States: In Guatemala, the High Risk Court concluded a trial of former military dictator José Efrain Ríos Montt. The court...
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Residential school survivors host reunion in British Columbia (04/25)
Survivors of a residential school in British Columbia are hosting a month-long series of events. The survivors of the St. Joseph's residential school will meet for a reunion and dedicate...
Filed Under: Canada | Opinion
Daniel Wilson: Insincere apology for residential school abuses (04/22)
Daniel Wilson on Canada's apology for Native survivors of residential school abuse: It hurts people to think so -- and I truly regret if it hurts anyone for me to...
Filed Under: Canada
Native parents concerned as students return to school in Ontario (01/08)
Native parents in Ontario are expressing concerns as their children return to school in Thunder Bay, the site of a recent sexual assault of a Native woman and an alleged...
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Former students at Native day schools seek $15B with lawsuit (12/04)
Former students at Native day schools are seeking $15 billion in compensation from the Canadian government. A lawsuit alleges the students were subject to abuse and loss of culture at...
Filed Under: Canada
Deadline nearing for claims in residential school settlement (09/13)
Former students have until September 19 to file claims for a share of Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. The settlement was structured into two components. The Common Experience Program offered...
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CBC News: Dying for an Education - The case of Charlie Wenjack (09/06)
CBC News has published a special report about the Charlie Wenjack, a Native boy who died in 1966 while attending a residential school in Ontario. He was 12 years old...
Filed Under: Canada
Payouts from residential school settlement could reach $5.4B (07/25)
Payouts from the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement could reach $5.4 billion, far higher than anticipated. The settlement was structured into two main categories. The Common Experience Program offered money...
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Review uncovers over 100 cases of deaths at residential schools (06/01)
The chief coroner in Ontario has found 120 cases of previously unidentified deaths linked to residential schools in the province. The review was based on about 5,000 records, dating back...
Filed Under: Canada
APTN Video: Residential school survivors share their stories (03/23)
"Dean Linklater is a residential school survivor, one of many at a recent event in Winnipeg where survivors of the Holocaust and of the residential school system shared their stories...
Filed Under: Canada | Law
Manitoba lawyer who overcharged Native clients disbarred (02/22)
A lawyer in Manitoba who overcharged survivors of Native residential schools has been disbarred. Howard Tennenhouse admitted that he took more than $950,000 from former students. They will be reimbursed...
Filed Under: Canada
President of university apologizes for residential schools (10/27)
The president of the University of Manitoba apologized today to the survivors of Canada's residential school system. The university didn't play a direct role in schools where Native children suffered...
Filed Under: Canada | Opinion
Doug George-Kanentiio: Bad residential school memories (10/27)
I was a student at the Mohawk Institute (a.k.a. the "Mushhole" for its unique brand of watery porridge) in Brantford, Ontario from January, 1967 to June, 1968 when I, along...
Filed Under: Canada
Blog: Childrens' mass burial ground found at boarding school (10/13)
"In a story that is almost too horrific to believe, what looks to be a childrens' mass burial ground has been discovered around the Mohawk Institute Indian residential school...
Inquest process starts for deaths of seven Native students (06/11)
An initial hearing was held today for the inquest into the deaths of seven Native students in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The students -- six males and one female -- died...
Filed Under: Canada | Opinion | World
Peter d'Errico: Ignorance can't be an excuse for genocide (05/16)
Peter d'Errico discusses genocide in Guatemala, Canada and the United States: In Guatemala, the High Risk Court concluded a trial of former military dictator José Efrain Ríos Montt. The court...
Filed Under: Canada | Education <% pageid=5700 %>
Residential school survivors host reunion in British Columbia (04/25)
Survivors of a residential school in British Columbia are hosting a month-long series of events. The survivors of the St. Joseph's residential school will meet for a reunion and dedicate...
Filed Under: Canada | Opinion
Daniel Wilson: Insincere apology for residential school abuses (04/22)
Daniel Wilson on Canada's apology for Native survivors of residential school abuse: It hurts people to think so -- and I truly regret if it hurts anyone for me to...
Filed Under: Canada
Native parents concerned as students return to school in Ontario (01/08)
Native parents in Ontario are expressing concerns as their children return to school in Thunder Bay, the site of a recent sexual assault of a Native woman and an alleged...
Filed Under: Canada | Education <% pageid=5700 %>
Former students at Native day schools seek $15B with lawsuit (12/04)
Former students at Native day schools are seeking $15 billion in compensation from the Canadian government. A lawsuit alleges the students were subject to abuse and loss of culture at...
Filed Under: Canada
Deadline nearing for claims in residential school settlement (09/13)
Former students have until September 19 to file claims for a share of Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. The settlement was structured into two components. The Common Experience Program offered...
Filed Under: Canada | Education <% pageid=5700 %>
CBC News: Dying for an Education - The case of Charlie Wenjack (09/06)
CBC News has published a special report about the Charlie Wenjack, a Native boy who died in 1966 while attending a residential school in Ontario. He was 12 years old...
Filed Under: Canada
Payouts from residential school settlement could reach $5.4B (07/25)
Payouts from the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement could reach $5.4 billion, far higher than anticipated. The settlement was structured into two main categories. The Common Experience Program offered money...
Filed Under: Canada | Education <% pageid=5700 %>
Review uncovers over 100 cases of deaths at residential schools (06/01)
The chief coroner in Ontario has found 120 cases of previously unidentified deaths linked to residential schools in the province. The review was based on about 5,000 records, dating back...
Filed Under: Canada
APTN Video: Residential school survivors share their stories (03/23)
"Dean Linklater is a residential school survivor, one of many at a recent event in Winnipeg where survivors of the Holocaust and of the residential school system shared their stories...
Filed Under: Canada | Law
Manitoba lawyer who overcharged Native clients disbarred (02/22)
A lawyer in Manitoba who overcharged survivors of Native residential schools has been disbarred. Howard Tennenhouse admitted that he took more than $950,000 from former students. They will be reimbursed...
Filed Under: Canada
President of university apologizes for residential schools (10/27)
The president of the University of Manitoba apologized today to the survivors of Canada's residential school system. The university didn't play a direct role in schools where Native children suffered...
Filed Under: Canada | Opinion
Doug George-Kanentiio: Bad residential school memories (10/27)
I was a student at the Mohawk Institute (a.k.a. the "Mushhole" for its unique brand of watery porridge) in Brantford, Ontario from January, 1967 to June, 1968 when I, along...
Filed Under: Canada
Blog: Childrens' mass burial ground found at boarding school (10/13)
"In a story that is almost too horrific to believe, what looks to be a childrens' mass burial ground has been discovered around the Mohawk Institute Indian residential school...
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