Factbox-Unmarked graves found at Canadian former residential school sites
FILE PHOTO: Shoes sit on the steps of the provincial legislature, placed there following the discovery of the remains of hundreds of children at former indigenous residential schools, on Canada Day in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada July 1, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon VanRaes/File Photo reuters tickers
This content was published on July 6, 2021 - 22:57
July 6, 2021 - 22:57
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada has been rocked by the disclosures of more than 1,000 unmarked graves at the sites of former residential schools - institutions that were part of an abusive system that the country s Truth and Reconciliation Commission called cultural genocide in 2015.
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Shoes sit on the steps of the provincial legislature, placed there following the discovery of the remains of hundreds of children at former indigenous residential schools, on Canada Day in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada July 1, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon VanRaes/File Photo
TORONTO, July 6 (Reuters) - Canada has been rocked by the disclosures of more than 1,000 unmarked graves at the sites of former residential schools - institutions that were part of an abusive system that the country s Truth and Reconciliation Commission called cultural genocide in 2015. read more
Here are some of the discoveries that have been made.
Kamloops Indian Residential School - Tk emlúps te SecweÌpemc, British Columbia:
Catholic Oblates, NCTR, working together to collect and archive residential school records Written by Taylor Brock Monday, Jul 05 2021, 4:54 PM The NCTR wants people to know what happened in residential schools, which includes listening to the stories of Survivors. For Residential School Survivors in need of support, the Residential School crisis line is 1-866-925-4419. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation/Facebook)
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A ministry that ran all three residential schools that have the made news across the country for its hundreds of unmarked graves will be working with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR).
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Catholic Oblates, NCTR, working together to collect and archive residential school records Written by Taylor Brock Monday, Jul 05 2021, 5:54 PM The NCTR wants people to know what happened in residential schools, which includes listening to the stories of Survivors. For Residential School Survivors in need of support, the Residential School crisis line is 1-866-925-4419. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation/Facebook)
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