What are Residential Schools? Residential schools were boarding schools for Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit and Métis) children and youth, financed by the federal government but staffed and run by several Christian religious institutions— the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Presbyterian, United and Methodist Churches. Children were separated from their families and communities, sometimes by force, and lived […]
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Public Response to the Residential School Legacy Between 1986 and 2009, all of the Churches directly involved with the residential school system made public apologies for the abuses, neglect and suffering the First Nations youth had experienced while under their care. Churches began to work with their congregations to address this issue and to work […]
The Truth and Reconciliation Comission of Canada The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) overarching purposes are to reveal to Canadians the complex truth about the history and the ongoing legacy of the church-run residential schools, in a manner that fully documents the individual and collective harms perpetrated against Aboriginal peoples, and honours the resiliency and […]
Glossary A Aboriginal This is a collective name for all of the original peoples of Canada and their descendants. The Constitution Act of 1982 specifies that the Aboriginal Peoples in Canada consist of three groups – First Nations, Inuit and Metis – with unique heritages, languages, cultural practices and spiritual beliefs. The term Aboriginal peoples […]
References 100 Years of Loss: The Residential School System in Canada. http://www.legacyofhope.ca/projects/100-years-of-loss-edu-kit AFN National Chief Calls on All Provinces and Territories to Commit to Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action, Assembly of First Nations Press Release, May 31, 2016 http://www.afn.ca/en/news-media/latest-news/16-05-31-afn-national-chief-calls-on-all-provinces-and-territories-to- AFN National Chief Phil Fontaine’s Response to the Statement of Apology, Assembly of First […]
