What should be a pretty interesting meeting takes place tomorrow in Ottawa, where the Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples is going to examine “the progress made on commitments endorsed by Parliamentarians of both Chambers since the Government’s [2008] apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools.” In other words, how far has Canada come […]
New Indian & Northern Affairs Minister John Duncan issued a formal apology to the descendants of 19 Inuit families who were forcibly relocated from Inukjuak and Pond Inlet to Grise Fiord and Resolute Bay in the High Arctic during the 1950’s. According to the full statement: “The Government of Canada apologizes for having relocated Inuit […]
Today is the 2nd anniversary of the Government of Canada’s official apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools. To mark the date, Ottawa-based journalist Martha Troian sat down with one former student and heard her story of time spent at residential school, her reflections on the apology, and how she learned to forgive. She was […]
