Telling the terrible truth about Indian Residential Schools
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) seventh and Final Event opened at the Shaw Conference Centre on March 27 with more than 9,000 participants filing…
Residential Schools
Oblates to renew public apology at Edmonton Truth and Reconciliation Event
Edmonton, March 25, 2014 ‒ The missionary order of Catholic priests and brothers who administered many of the Catholic Indian Residential Schools in Canada will…
Alberta and NWT bishops apologize: Now it’s time to pay the bills
One month ahead of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s arrival in Edmonton, another undertaking to help heal victims of Indian Residential School abuse has been…
Final TRC National Event: March 27-30 in Edmonton
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) and the City of Edmonton recently announced that the seventh and final TRC National Event will take…
Nechi Survivor Program loses funding
In the world we live in, there are many stories of things gone wrong: stories of dysfunction, abuse, misery, sadness, depression, loss of spirit, and…
IRS records show over 4100 deaths of Aboriginal children
It should have come as a stunning shock when the Truth and Reconciliation Commission told Canadians earlier this month that more than 4100 Aboriginal children…
Saddle Lake First Nation IRS office launches legacy book
On November 27, the Saddle Lake First Nation Indian Residential School (IRS) Office launched its newly published Legacy Book, nitohta nosisim (Listen My Children). The launch, which…
Collecting IRS artifacts is an inspirational journey
Rosy Steinhauer has had a busy year. In April she travelled to Montreal to participate in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) hearings; in May…