Mary Courchene grew up on Sagkeeng First Nation and went to the Fort Alexander Indian Residential School. Now she says the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation represents 'a time of revelation. A time of resurgence.'
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A new curriculum on residential schools and Indigenous history is available to teachers throughout the province, and is educating students through the first-hand experiences of a residential school survivor.