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Resources and services for Indigenous folks:
Indian Residential School Survivors Society Counselling Services
Survivors crisis line is open 24 hours a day & 7 days a week: 1-800-721-0066
If you’re a settler, here are some places where you can make a donation to support residential school survivors and their families:
Indian Residential School Survivors Society
Legacy of Hope Foundation
Woodland Cultural Centre’s Save the Evidence campaign
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society
Reconciliation Canada
Indspire
Native Women’s Association of Canada
Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund
If you’re a settler, here are some educational resources on residential schools:
Settlers Take Action resources compiled by the On Canada Project
Read about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and its 94 Calls to Action.
Yellowhead Institute - Calls to Action Accountability: A 2020 Status Update on Reconciliation
Find out whose traditional territory you live on. Visit the Native Land website.
Sign up for Indigenous Canada, a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta that explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada.
Sign a Petition