The Canadian Indian residential school system was a network of boarding schools for Indigenous peoples funded by the Canadian government's Department of Indian Affairs and administered by various Chri
A Catholic Indian residential school in Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories
Mohawk Institute Residential School, c. 1943
St. Paul's Indian Industrial School, Middlechurch, Manitoba, 1901
Anglican-run Battleford Industrial School, Carpenter's shop, circa 1894
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, originally and still colloquially known as Orange Shirt Day, is a Canadian day of memorial to recognize the atrocities and multi-generational effects of
Canadian Indian residential school system
…tenets of constitutional monarchy and responsible government, meaning they had no direct responsibility in residential school policy. On Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, on September 30, 2021, Elizabeth, as Queen of Canada, said she "joins with all Canadians ... to reflect on the painful history that Indigenous peoples…
Banners advertising Orange Shirt Day flying in Williams Lake, BC – a city located within T'exelc (Williams Lake First Nation territory)
Teachers in a Canadian school wearing orange shirts for Orange Shirt Day
“Every Child Matters” painted on a barn in Manitoba