History of the Residential Schools
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What is the Impact of Residential Schools?
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Where Were Residential Schools and When Did They Close?
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Secret Path
A 12 year old Ojibway boy who died from hunger and exposure after trying to find his way home from a residential school is the inspiration behind a new project from Gord Downie. Through this project, Downie is drawing attention to the legacy of residential schools and what he sees as the need for all Canadians to be involved in reconciliation.
Residential Schools
These government-sponsored religious schools were established to assimilate Indigenous children into Euro-Canadian society. Successive Canadian governments used legislation to strip Indigenous peoples of basic human and legal rights, dignity and integrity, and to gain control over the peoples, their lands and natural rights and resources.