TRC now heads East to hear survivor stories
The story of Aboriginal children being forced into residential schools is now being told in Atlantic Canada.
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Residential school film aims to tell ‘most important story in Canadian history’
The film company, Eagle Vision, plans to bring the experiences of survivors of the Indian residential school system to life.
Layton remembered as “ally” to Indigenous people
In a final letter, written before he died, NDP leader Jack Layton called on Canadians to build a more equal country where love trumped anger and hope trumped fear.
AFN response to opposition of hobbled blue-ribbon education panel “very disturbing”
The Assembly of First Nations’ response to the wide-spread opposition to a blue-ribbon education panel created by the organization and the federal government is “quite disturbing,” says a Quebec chief who has been a key player on the education file.
Atleo’s leadership questioned as chiefs reject education panel
First Nations chiefs in three provinces have struck a crippling blow against a blue-ribbon panel created by the Assembly of First Nations and Ottawa to study on-reserve education and create a template for new legislation.
Tootoosis: politician, elder, residential school survivor, acclaimed actor, icon
Actor Gordon Tootoosis has died.
‘I used to look at the stars and think, my mom and dad are seeing the same stars’
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission tasked with gathering testimony from survivors of residential schools has completed their second national event.
Healing through laughter
Healing through laughter is one way to life the heaviness of the Truth and Reconciliation hearings.
‘All that heavy burden, pretty well gone’
Up to 1,000 residential school survivors along with government and church leaders gathered in Inuvik last week for the second national gathering of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.