Many survivors of residential schools have had their compensation claims denied, including those who submitted paperwork through the Independent Assessment Process reserved for those who endured the worst of the abuse.
After 135 days walking across the country, Leo Baskatawang, an Iraq war veteran, climbed the stairs to Parliament Hill Tuesday dragging a copy of the Indian Act attached to his waist by a length of chain.
When you think of residential schools, you think of children who were only allowed to leave for special holidays to visit their families.
Perhaps best known for her role as spokesperson during the 1990 Oka Crisis, Ellen Gabriel said Canada must change the way it deals with First Nations.
Canada will never be a whole country until the relationship is repaired with Indigenous people, says Joan Jack, a candidate for national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
The Calgary law firm at the centre of a residential school compensation scandal is closing its doors at the end of the month.
The recent suicide of a 63 year-old elder prompted a group of family members and health care workers to come together to share their pain and give Canada a message: It’s time to help.
Non-Aboriginal kids are joining forces to improve the lives of First Nations children.
Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan unveiled a stained glass window in honour of residential school survivors Monday, marking the June 11, 2008, anniversary of the prime minister’s apology for one of the darkest periods in Canadian history.
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