Residential School  Legacy Links

• Legacy of Hope Foundation

https://legacyofhope.ca/portfolio-

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• Community Action Face Sheet Residential School

 https://www.nwac.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Residential-Schools-Fact-Sheet.pdf

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• Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation Resources

http://www.fnesc.ca/irsr/

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• Where are the children? Healing the impact of residential schools

https://legacyofhope.ca/wherearethechildren/

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• Opinion: Arrow, shame, and rage. The wretched legacy of Canada’s residential schools

https://news.athabascau.ca/faculty/faculty-of-humanities-social-sciences/opinion-sorrow-shame-and-rage-the-wretched-legacy-of-canadas-residential-schools/

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• Missing  Children of Indian Residential Schools https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/cfe29bee35c54a70b9621349f19a3db2

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• Residential Schools: A Sad Chapter in Canadian History

https://curio.ca/en/collection/residential-schools-a-sad-chapter-in-canadian-history-2027/

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•   The University of British Columbia.  Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Center

https://irshdc.ubc.ca/

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•  Canada’s residential schools were a Horror

  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/canadas-residential-schools-were-a-horror/

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• The Residential School System

https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/the_residential_school_system/

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• History of Residential Schools

https://indigenouspeoplesatlasofcanada.ca/article/history-of-residential-schools/

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• Residential School Survivors reflect on a brutal legacy: ‘That could’ve been me.’ 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/residential-school-survivors-reflect-on-brutal-legacy-that-could-have-been-me

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•  Residential school survivors’ stories and experiences must be remembered as class action settlement finishes https://theconversation.com/residential-school-survivors-stories-and-experiences-must-be-remembered-as-class-action-settlement-finishes-157397

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• Egerton Ryerson: Racist philosophy of residential schools also shaped public education

https://theconversation.com/egerton-ryerson-racist-philosophy-of-residential-schools-also-shaped-public-education-143039

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•   IRS (Indian Residential School Legacy Project )

https://www.mikmaweydebert.ca/sharing-our-stories/indian- residential-schools-legacy-project/

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• Indian Residential School Survivors Society

https://www.irsss.ca/

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• Generation Lost: Healing the Legacy of Residential Schools

https://legacyofhope.ca/portfolio-items/generationslost/

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• Residential Schools in Canada

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/residential-schools

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• ‘Cultural Genocide’:the shameful history of Canada’s Residential Schools – mapped

​           https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2021/sep/06/canada-residential-schools-   indigenous-children-cultural-genocide-map

• Residential School History-NCTR

https://nctr.ca/education/teaching-resources/residential-school-history/

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• Legislation for the Residential Schools

https://www.facinghistory.org/stolen-lives-indigenous-peoples-canada-and-indian-residential-schools/historical-background/legislation-residential-schools

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• An overview of Indian Residential School System

https://www.anishinabek.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/An-Overview-of-the-IRS-System-Booklet.pdf

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• The Role of the Churches-

Stolen Lives: The Indigenous Peoples of Canada and the Indian Residential Schools https://www.facinghistory.org/stolen-lives-indigenous-peoples-canada-and-indian-residential-schools/chapter-3/role-churches

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• Creating the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and Proactive Disclosure Under the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Act ​

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3110303&fbclid=IwAR2V9ERwqsMAaUEiu-bODeiJjCtEEl_FdRYm1KaYJ_TivOl4FSISyJvfnsA

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News Article Links 

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• Canada’s Grim Legacy of Cultural Erasure, in Poignant School Photos https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/05/world/canada/Indigenous-residential-schools-photos.html

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• How to support survivors of residential schools

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/how-to-support-survivors-of-residential-schools-1.5453277

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• Canada’s Residential School Legacy

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/fly-on-the-wall/2021/11/4/canadas-residential-school-legacy

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• Canada will set aside billions to compensate Indigenous people for residential school harm https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/news/2021-12-17/canada-will-set-aside-billions-to-compensate-indigenous-people-for-residential-school-harm

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• Children who never returned from residential schools newsmaker of the year: CP poll https://www.100milefreepress.net/news/children-who-never-returned-from-residential-schools-newsmaker-of-the-year-cp-poll/

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• New search begins for residential school graves in Canada

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/9/new-search-begins-for-residential-school-graves-in-canada

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• New documents reveal dozens more children died at northern Manitoba residential school https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/new-document-shows-dozens-more-died-crosslake-residential-school-1.6211640

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• ‘There are bodies here’: survivors braced as the search begins at Canada’s oldest residential school https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/10/canada-residential-schools-unmarked-graves-mohawk-institute

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• Canadian residential school graves forced the world to look. What has changed?https://biv.com/article/2021/12/canadian-residential-school-graves-forced-world-look-what-has-changed

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• Residential Schools Survivors’ stories

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/residential-schools

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• Country reckons with the horrific legacy of residential schools on Canada Day https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/country-reckons-with-horrific-legacy-of-residential-schools-on-canada-day-1.5493142

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• Residential school survivors prepare to commemorate National Day for Truth and Reconciliation https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/residential-school-survivors-prepare-to-commemorate-national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation-1.5606148

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• Residential School Survivors at Winnipeg Art Gallery 

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2345564

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• History of residential schools remembered by generations of Indigenous people https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/history-of-residential-schools-remembered-by-generations-of-indigenous-people-1.5605976

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• The point: Canada’s Residential School System

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mclp1Ooq7Ug

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• Former residential school child-care workers say they wish the school had never existed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7m00CFp1no

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• Alvin Dixon: residential school survivor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMIyB2pxqmI

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• Canada’s lost residential school children

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0TkLFWnMMs

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• ‘Felt throughout generations’: A timeline of residential schools in Canada 

   https://www.tvo.org/article/felt-throughout-generations-a-timeline-of-residential-schools-in-canada

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•  Timeline: Residential schools stretch across Canada’s entire history https://thehub.ca/2021-06-10/timeline-residential-schools-stretch-across-canadas-entire-history/

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•  Catholic Church ran most of Canada’s residential schools, yet remains largely silent about their devastating legacy https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-catholic-church-ran-most-of-canadas-residential-schools-yet-remains/

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• Your questions answered about Canada’s residential school system https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-residential-schools-kamloops-faq-1.6051632

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• Did you live near a residential school?

https://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/beyond-94-residential-school-map/

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•     ‘A war on Aboriginal children: Alberta’s 25 residential schools     https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/indigenous-residential-schools-trc-alberta-25-truth-reconciliation-1.6185579

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• Residential Schools: A Sad Chapter in Canadian History https://curio.ca/en/collection/residential-schools-a-sad-chapter-in-canadian-history-2027/

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• Residential school abuse reported to the department while Jean Chrétien was minister, records show https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/chretien-residential-schools-abuse-minister-1.6224844

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• A look at what Canadian students are taught about residential schools across the country https://globalnews.ca/news/7925783/canada-residential-school-curriculum/

 

Government Webpage  on residential schools links

• The residential School System https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2020/09/the-residential-school-system.html

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• Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1100100015576/1571581687074#sect1

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• Residential School missing Children -community support funding https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1622742779529/1628608766235

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• Statement of Apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1100100015644/1571589171655

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• Timeline-Indian Residential school

https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1332939430258/1571587651162

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Film and Video links

• Stolen Children-Residential school survivor Speakout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdR9HcmiXLA

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• Canada’s Dark Secrets-Featured Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peLd_jtMdrc

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• How some children at Kamloops residential school died

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP90HOp08Mc

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• Secret’s Buried in unmarked graves: Residential Schools

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63ErwL-xnE0

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• New Heritage Minute explores the Dark History of residential schools

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK483UHGd7k

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• What are the horrors of Canada’s church-run residential schools? We Were Children – Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjB_3dduOWs

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• Residential Schools in Canada: A Timeline

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFgNI1lfe0A

• Canadian Residential Schools: The Survivors & Their Descendants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_sVD6-W1zg

• My Auntie survived residential school. I need to gather her stories before she’s gone | Inendi   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToUVHjr1xK0

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• I was taken from my home and raised as a “nice Jewish girl,” but I’m Indigenous | Becoming Nakuset

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P4iYYL4FYY

• The survivors of Canada’s residential schools – BBC News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOkcqFQNGrs

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• Thousands of Kids Died in Residential Schools, Now They’re Being Found

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVogX0-5RLk

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• Crimes against children at residential school: The truth about St. Anne’s – The Fifth Estate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep7AW2K4Xww

• Canadian Residential School Propaganda Video 1955

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_V4d7sXoqU

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• Residential School Tribute

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJtgd9cM6Fo

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• The #UNIGNORABLE issue of intergenerational trauma | Truth, and Reconciliation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mLe6BQ3pDo

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• Residential School Song dedicated to Survivors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIUT1B8631M

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• Deaths at Residential Schools

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FydzIzkndA

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• Intergenerational Trauma: Residential Schools

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWeH_SDhEYU

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• Residential School Song (Indian Boarding School Song)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoVERQn0YV0

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• Residential school survivors on the scars of abuse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OuTuTG5liQ

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• Some of the priests and nuns who ran residential schools are still alive: Cameron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU5zTwZdv1I

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• Indian Residential School In Canada

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5xVMTAUPSk

• Residential Schools survivor explains the impact on her family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ64DItsIi0&t=39s

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• Wawahte: Stories of Residential School Survivors – FULL DOCUMENTARY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGrJNUCQ-r4

• Residential school survivor says her last name was stolen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqdeRXY7hu4

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• Non-indigenous residential school survivor speaks about his childhood at St. Anne’s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyVrohwsHX8

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• Susie Kicknosway Jones | Residential School Survivor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo7cM6Wym2o

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• Truth And Reconciliation: Stories of Residential School Survivors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpn0c05I8Zs

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• Residential Schools

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TeW4hW1QD0

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• Death at Residential School

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FydzIzkndA

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• Residential school survivors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbUpv6qLke8

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• The hidden truth: residential school survivor stories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4HNigycVQA

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• ‘Indian Horse’ tells painful stories of Canada’s residential schools

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF-GERZfo2s

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• Kerry Benjoe reflects on her time at residential school

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPTdwXezoVU

• The former chief says the Catholic Church needs to apologize for Indian Residential Schools https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLRKtDPu4G8

 

Curriculum Teaching Links

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• Assembly of First Nations – Indian Residential Schools Unit
• Aboriginal Healing Foundation – Aboriginal People, Resilience and the Residential School Legacy
• Aboriginal Healing Foundation
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission
• Where are the Children? Healing the Legacy of Residential Schools
• National Residential School Survivors Society 
• Ontario Residential School Photographs and Documents 
• Department of Indian Affairs (Documents)
• Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development – House of Commons (Documents)
• Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) – Official Court Web site
• Common Experience Payment – Service Canada
• Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program – Health Canada
• National Administration Committee
• List of Residential Schools in Canada
• Independent Assessment Process (IAP) 
• Court Updates
• CEP Claim Forms
• Settlement Agreement
• Indigenous Peoples and Boarding Schools 
• Aboriginal Education Before Residential Schools
• Statement of Apology – PM Stephen Harper (2008)
• Hidden from History
• Remembering the Children
• Canada in the Making – Aboriginal Residential Schools 
• Kids Books – Residential Schools (Strong Nations)
• AANDC – Indian Residential Schools
• FNIHB – Health Canada – Indian Residential Schools 
•  Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat
• Four Directions Teachings 
• CBC Aboriginal – Residential Schools 
• Legacy of Hope
• Project of Heart 
• Residential Schools in Canada – Research Paper
• Apologies to Aboriginal Peoples
• Healing the Past – Department of Justice
• Response, Responsibility, and Renewal – Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Journey 
• Against the Grain – The Legacy of the Indian Residential School System (VIDEO)