TRC aims to educate Canadian public
One of the mandates of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is to educate Canadians about the history and legacy of residential schools.
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Alberta law society investigating David Blott
The work Calgary lawyer David Blott did with Indian Residential School survivors is being reviewed by his peers.
Manitoba First Nation organization slams human rights museum over 'genocide' exclusion
A Manitoba First Nation organization is slamming the Canadian Museum of Human Rights for refusing to use the term “genocide” in the title of an exhibit on Canada’s policies toward Indigenous people over the past century.
First Nation infants subject to "human experimental work" for TB vaccine in 1930s-40s
The nutritional experiments conducted in First Nation communities and in Indian residential schools were not the only example where Canada’s Indigenous population faced treatment as “guinea pigs,” academic research shows.
Federal cabinet confidence prevents release of documents on attempted inclusion of sanatorium as residential school: document
The Harper government has invoked cabinet confidence to prevent the release of documents associated with a pending court application to include a sanatorium under the Indian residential school settlement agreement, a document shows.
Residential school commission received nutritional experiment documents in 2010
The commission created to delve into the dark history of residential schools has been in possession of documents related to nutritional experiments conducted on First Nations people for at least three years, according to Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt’s office.
Residential school photographs captured dark era
They say an image is worth a thousand of words and this saying particularly applies to what is happening in Montreal this week.
A grandson reflects on Harper's Indian residential school apology and the day his grandmother revealed her story
It was late fall in 2005 when Alma Jane Bruyere appeared at the door of her grandson’s house in Fort Frances, Ont., carrying in her left hand a lawyer’s letter stating she had qualified for compensation for the abuse she faced while attending an Indian residential school.
Band awaits court ruling on new addition to Indian residential school list
A small First Nation community north of Saskatoon is one step closer to ending a five-year legal battle.