Homalco Chief Darren Blaney: ‘Before (Kamloops) … nobody took the genocide seriously’
PM says he spoke on the phone with survivors, Tofino event organizers disappointed he didn’t attend
September 30 marked the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in…
Hundreds of people walked with the Sts’ailes First Nation to remember residential school victims
Daughter of a white father and Inuk mother, May Simon was not forced into residential school
Organization says it’s a way for all Canadians to mark the new holiday
No substantive actions to date to show a sincere commitment for reconciliation, says Chief Gabriel
In 2013 Webstad, with encouragement from Sorley told her story which inspired first Orange Shirt Day
215 unmarked graves of missing children were found on the grounds of the Kamloops residential school
Melven (Sx̄wen) Jones was forcibly held for two years
Many left wondering over new statutory Truth and Reconciliation Day, says Chief Keith Crow
Numerous Indigenous nations reported unmarked graves at former residential school sites
The holiday grants a paid day off to federally regulated employees and public servants
