'Residential School is only the beginning, it's what I became as an adult'

‘Residential School is only the beginning, it’s what I became as an adult’

It is a journey of courage for many of the former students of Indian Residential Schools.

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It is a journey of courage for many of the former students of Indian Residential Schools.

That is the theme for the second national event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

The following is a statement made by one of the residential school survivors at the TRC hearing.

Mark Blackburn

‘Residential School is only the beginning, it’s what I became as an adult’