TW: Residential Schools
This isnât mcr related but itâs very important information to spread awareness about. In Canada residential schools operated from the 1800âs until 1996. Indigenous children were stolen from their homes and stripped of their culture and identity. Many of these children faced physical and sexual abuse. An estimate of 150,000 children were forced to go to these schools. Of this number of children, an estimated 6,000 died as a result. For years indigenous people have been sharing their stories and experiences of their time in residential schools but went ignored by our country. Recently 215 bodies of children were found on the grounds of a previous residential school. This sparked demand for other grounds to be searched. Since then, 1,505 bodies of children have been found. This number will continue to rise as we locate more unmarked graves of these children. As an indigenous person, I will not stop spreading awareness and amplifying the voices of our community and demanding change in this country to bring our children home.
Important links:
What were Residential Schools? Plus additional information:
The Residential School System
Residential school survivor crisis/support line and donation:
We are a provincial organization with a 20-year history of providing services to indian residential school survivors.
Indigenous reconciliation and information:
The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund aims to shine a light on Indigenous reconciliation and the history of residential schools in Canada.
