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“Inside UBC’s Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre” Can architecture assuage pain? Can a building help visitors grapple with grief? The University of British Columbia’s Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre is intended to do just that. The structure is designed as a resource centre for information on Canada’s residential school system and…
“Pope Francis apologizes for residential school abuses” Politics Insider for April 1: First Nations delegates make progress at the Vatican; Trudeau pushes for a G19; and a Wildrose battle Welcome to a sneak peek of the Maclean’s Politics Insider newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered straight to your inbox in the morning. First Nations delegates left a two-hour meeting at…
“#We failed to hear them when they lived. We are obliged to hear them now.” The residential school children who rest in unmarked graves are lost to their communities. But the shared knowledge of their fates has its own compelling power. That is why they top our 2022 Power List. In Secwepemctsín, the language of…
“#Ways, big and small, Canadians are marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation” Here’s how some are observing the day for reflecting on the tragic history of residential schools Canada marks the first ever National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on September 30. The day is intended to encourage reflection on the painful legacy…
“#I ran away from the Kamloops Residential School. This is where I hid.” On his 16th birthday, Ron Ignace’s residential school allowed him go into town unsupervised. He didn’t go back, instead hiding in his aunt and uncle’s house. ‘That was the best damn decision I ever made in my life.’ I was born in…
“#Finding David Lightning: The decades-long quest to locate an unmarked grave” The short, elderly man walked into the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery. Instead of turning left into the exhibit galleries, he veered right, into the staff offices. In the coffee break room, the stern-faced stranger approached a young, burly figure—a fellow Cree working…
“#The search for graves—and truth—at a Nova Scotia residential school” It is a moment that never left Isabelle Knockwood, an emotional recollection she shared with her nephew several years ago, as they came across each other by chance walking the former grounds of the residential school at Shubenacadie, N.S. As they stood atop a hill…
“#This entire country is haunted” Alicia Elliott: As we’re seeing more and more every day, this entire country is a real-life Indian burial ground—one that criminals parading as teachers, religious leaders and politicians took great care to cover up Alicia Elliott is a Mohawk writer and author of the award-winning book A Mind Spread Out…
“#A diploma with the wrong name” Waubgeshig Rice: We knew that succeeding at Ryerson University, named after a man who would have never wanted us there in the first place, would be the ultimate educational triumph Waubgeshig Rice grew up in Wasauksing First Nation and is now based in Sudbury, Ont., where he’s working on…
“#Screaming into silence – Macleans.ca” Cindy Blackstock: I believe those little spirits buried on the grounds of residential schools came to ensure the work gets done to end the injustices facing survivors Cindy Blackstock, a member of the Gitxsan First Nation, is the executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and…