Centre High honours IRS survivors and victims with beautiful memorial collage
Centre High Campus in downtown Edmonton was a busy place on September 29 as students, administrators, special guests and other visitors gathered to unveil a…
Residential Schools
Wear an Orange Shirt in recognition of Indian Residential School students
(Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Ghislain Picard is encouraging people across the country to mark Orange Shirt Day on Tuesday…
NDP pledges to call a National Inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women
On September 19, 2014 NDP Member of Parliament Romeo Saganash delivered a riveting, and emotional speech on the need for a National Inquiry into the…
Truth and Reconciliation commissioner ‘owes everything’ to U of A hockey program
(Edmonton) “What do you mean you’re quitting? Nonsense!” said Clare Drake over the phone. Practice starts at 5:30—be there!” It was a low point in Willie Littlechild’s…
It’s time for Canada to honour the spirit of the 6 year old apology to IRS survivors
June 11 2014 marks six years since Parliament offered an apology to former students of Indian residential schools and their families, and the Assembly of…
TRC testimony is painful, yet healing for many
As survivors of Indian residential schools converged on Edmonton’s Shaw Conference Centre to take in the March 27 – 30 seventh and final Truth and…
Edmonton Mayor announces 2014-15 as Year of Reconciliation
As one of 14 Honorary Witnesses at the Truth and Reconciliation National Event in Edmonton on March 28, Mayor Don Iveson expressed the need for…
TRC event drew thousands
Attending the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final, national event in Edmonton was a remarkable experience to say the least. I attended for work purposes and…
Award winning film helps educate the world about Indian Residential Schools
On March 17, 2014, just ten days before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) held its Final Event at the Shaw Conference Centre, the City…
TRC event was filled with tears and testimony
In a genuine effort to uncover the actual truth of what happened in Canada’s Indian residential schools, and how to advance various forms of reconciliation,…