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Article content The wave of grief has been immense following the discovery of the unmarked graves of 215 Indigenous children on the grounds of the government-authorized, Catholic Church-run institution in Kamloops that does not deserve to be remembered as either residential or a school. Finally, Canadians everywhere are coming to terms with the agonizing truth that our country was founded in genocide, the reality of which is still with us. With that awareness, nothing can be as before. At this time, space must be opened and respected for Indigenous voices and leadership, certainly in the terr...

During research for an award-winning series in 2008 called the Red Road, many First Nation elders told me of the certainty of unmarked graves of children…

Canada continues to mistreat Indigenous Peoples

The time of denying, delaying and obstructing the steps we must take ends now.

  OTTAWA -- As tributes grow around the capital, people like Jaqueline Shigwadia stand vigil over the memory of the 215 children buried in a mass grave at an Indian Residential School in B.C. Shigwadia is 17 and is just finishing high school. When she read about the discovery of the grave, she could not stop crying. Her family and community have been touched by the residential school system, and it has left its marks. “I’m here because I want to hold all those babies and I want to hug them to tell them they are lovedm and I wish they had got to live a better life,” Shigwadia said. ...