Residential schools

As Canadian students return to class, educators are scrambling to add an important new element to the curriculum - the history and impact of residential schools.

Generations of First Nations children were abducted to institutions to solve the country’s ‘Indian problem’. Thousands never returned

After travelling Canada for seven years, gathering witness accounts of Indian residential schools, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada has written its final report and is wrapping up its work. But the work of sharing that truth with the rest of Canada is just beginning.

"LOOKING UNTO JESUS'' At Kuper Island Residential School the brothers and fathers and sisters are trying to take out all the Indian out of them make them follow '' white people rules'' do only '' white people things''.

With the discovery of human remains on the grounds of residential schools, this history is now dominating the conversation in the country.

These picture books help teach about Indian Residential Schools, which is foundational to understanding Canada as it is today.

The couple that owns the field in Saskatchewan being searched for graves related to the former Delmas Indian Residential School says they are willing to do "whatever we can to find answers and try and set a few things straight."

Tens of thousands First Nation children died in residential schools DERRICK ON MARCH 30TH, 2014 7:41 AM - COMMENTS By Dene Moore The death records of tens of thousands of First Nations children who died during the time residential schools were operating in Canada have been handed over to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Several provincial…

School was operated by the federal government between 1884 and 1934 and was known for brutal punishments and hard labour

Healing the impacts of Residential Schools Between 1831 and 1996, residential schools operated in Canada through arrangements between the Government of Canada and the church. One common objective defined this period — the