School survivors left out of federal settlement gear up for class-action suit
Melissa Ridgen InFocus In the 1950s and 60s, Abe Parenteau and George Munroe were forced…
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Some students left out of Indian Day School settlement speaking out
Jolene Banning APTN News Some students who were sent to Indian day schools are speaking…
Watch Live: Winnipeg court to hear Indian day school settlement case
APTN News It’s the first day of a hearing to settle the Indian day school…
On international day to end racial discrimination, advocates urge swift passage of UNDRIP bill in senate
When Jocelyn Iahtail tried to deliver a copy of the United Nations Declaration on the…
InFocus asks: ‘What are they teaching our kids?’
This week on InFocus, Host Melissa Ridgen takes a closer look at what we’re teaching…
Late Mi’kmaq elder’s taped interviews from White Paper era donated to cultural centre
Luke YohoAPTN News Donald Julien looks over baskets and boxes of items that have…
Canada marks 10th anniversary of apology with acknowledgement that there is still a lot of work to do
It was 10 years ago June, 11 that the federal government gave an apology to the survivors of the residential school system.
Labrador preparing for long overdue apology
Some former residential school survivors in Labrador are preparing for Friday’s apology from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Happy Valley-Goose Bay for the harms done while they attended the schools.
UBC subject of human rights complaint over handling of Furlong speech
It’s called the “Reconciliation Pole” but the ornate cedar marker at the University of British Columbia (UBC) is turning out to be anything but for one residential school survivor.