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Access Denied: Federal government fails on ‘reconcili-action’ agenda by fighting release of records about residential schools
April 16, 2025 Nearly ten years after the publication of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)’s final report, Canada’s federal government continues to fight Indigenous groups from across the country seeking access to records surrounding residential schools. For this continued denial of access, it has been resoundingly selected as the 2024 recipient of the federal […]
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Wiisokotatiwin (IRS) March Newsletter 2025 – GCT #3
March 27, 2025 We’re pleased to share our Wiisokotatiwin (IRS) Department Newsletter for the month of March. As always, we are committed to staying connected, being accountable to our communities, and learning how we can better support our Elders and Survivors. Thank you for your continued support. Watch for our monthly newsletters, and if you’d […]
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St. Joseph’s Indian Residential School Survivors gathering brings together Survivors and support – Anishinabek News
March 24, 2025 THUNDER BAY — A Bringing Percy Home presentation was featured at the Rise Above St. Joseph’s Indian Residential School Survivors gathering, held March 4-6 at the Best Western Plus NorWester Hotel and Conference Centre in Thunder Bay. The presentation about a family’s journey to bring home the remains of Percy Onabigon was […]
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Can a virtual reality residential school, developed with Survivors, improve empathy toward Indigenous people? – The Conversation
March 18, 2025 Virtual reality is a rapidly developing technology. As the technology expands, becoming more portable and affordable, the potential uses have expanded as well. One virtual reality creator calls virtual reality the “ultimate empathy machine.” Promising research shows that virtual reality can improve empathy toward groups such as people experiencing schizophrenia, children who […]
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‘Cut us at the knees’: Survivor-led group searching Brantford residential school grounds says it was denied federal funding – The Spec
February 25, 2025 Survivors’ Secretariat lead says group expects to be out of money by the end of February. A group searching the grounds of the former Mohawk Institute says it will be out of money by the end of the month after being denied long-awaited federal funding. Lead Laura Arndt said she was told […]
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Ottawa ends funding for national advisory committee on unmarked residential school graves – CBC
Feb 16, 2025 Committee will have to cease operations when current agreement expires on March 31 An expert committee formed to help Indigenous communities find unmarked graves at former residential schools in Canada says the federal government has discontinued its funding. “It’s a betrayal,” said founding member Crystal Gail Fraser, who is Gwich’in and grew […]
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Parliament Hill site chosen for residential school survivors monument – Nunatsiaq News
Jan 30, 2025 Monument will be located west of West Block, the National Capital Commission reveals at board meeting A Parliament Hill site has finally been selected for a national monument for residential school survivors. “The site of the Residential Schools National Monument is on the west side of Parliament Hill and highly visible in […]
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Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict issues statement on potential discovery of unmarked graves near Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows First Nation) – NetNewsLedger
January 29, 2025 (Toronto, Ont.) Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict has issued the following statement on the recent potential discovery of 144 unmarked graves at a former residential school near Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows First Nation): “This month, the Wiikwogaming Tiinahtiisiiwin Project Team, also known as the Grassy Narrows Unmarked Grave Project, announced it […]
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Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict issues statement on potential discovery of unmarked graves near Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows First Nation)
Warning: This statement contains details of experiences at residential schools. (Toronto, Ont.–Jan. 28, 2025) Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict has issued the following statement on the recent potential discovery of 144 unmarked graves at a former residential school near Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows First Nation): “This month, the Wiikwogaming Tiinahtiisiiwin Project Team, also known as […]
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After ‘burial features’ detected on McIntosh residential school grounds, researchers help families get closure – CBC
Jan 22, 2025 Children from First Nations in Ont., Man., Sask., Alta. recorded as buried at property Members of an Indigenous-led research team that detected 114 “unmarked burial features” on the former property of McIntosh Indian Residential School (IRS) are working to identify people who were buried to help families find closure. The results released […]
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