Ottawa school teaching kids history of residential schools
APTN National News The work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is quickly coming to…
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Psychic experiments on First Nation students part of unearthed residential school history, says research centre director
The recent surfacing of a journal article describing experimentation on Indian residential school students for psychic ability reveals yet again how much still remains obscured about this dark period of Canadian history, says the head of the research centre slated to eventually house millions of documents from that era.
TRC Chair Sinclair says child welfare system ‘perpetuating’ work of Indian residential schools
The child welfare system is continuing the work of the Indian residential school system by alienating Indigenous children from their culture, says the chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Sanatoriums, Indian hospitals InFocus
Canadian sanatoriums and Indian Hospitals are InFocus this week.
Judge rules against destruction of residential school records
By Kathleen Martens APTN Investigates WINNIPEG – A Toronto judge has agreed to lock up…
Catholic groups lose residential school argument
By Kathleen Martens APTN Investigates WINNIPEG – Priests, nuns and oblates have lost a small…
Survivors speak out against destruction of residential schools records
By Kathleen Martens APTN Investigates WINNIPEG – There is growing confusion and anger over a…
Destroy residential schools testimony: chief adjudicator
By Kathleen Martens APTN Investigates WINNIPEG – Confidentiality trumps history, says the chief adjudicator of…
Canada’s relationship with Indigenous peoples deteriorated over past decade: UN report
Canada’s relationship with Indigenous peoples has deteriorated over the past decade, a report by the UN rapporteur responsible for investigation the human rights situation of Indigenous peoples.
