Residential school survivors expressed outrage Thursday over a statement made by Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan who said the Indian residential school system was not an act of “genocide,” but a case “of education policy gone wrong.”
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is holding their third national event on the East Coast.
The Conservative government announced Thursday morning it was commissioning a stained glass tribute to the survivors of Indian residential schools.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission rolled in Eskasoni First Nation in Nova Scotia Friday.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is in Indian Brook this week.
Lawyers may see their fees reduced if they break the rules as they guide former students of Indian residential schools through the complex legal process designed to provide compensation for serious physical and sexual abuse suffered at the schools.
A piece of Arctic history is gone.
The residential school experience left thousands of Aboriginal people with emotional and physical scars.
Survivors of Canada’s Indian Residential School system have until today to get their paperwork together to apply for a common experience payment.
