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Study period at a Roman Catholic Indian Residential School in Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories. The Canadian Indian residential school system [a] was a network of boarding schools for Indigenous peoples. [b] The network was funded by the Canadian government's Department of Indian Affairs and administered by various Christian churches.
Copies of Correspondence between the Chief Superintendent of Schools for Upper Canada, and other persons, on the question of Separate Schools. Toronto: Lovell & Gibson, 1855. Ryerson University's Aboriginal Education Council. Egerton Ryerson, the Residential School System and Truth and Reconciliation. August, 2010.
The report noted that an estimated 150,000 children attended residential schools during its 120-year history and an estimated 3200 of those children died in the residential schools. [61] From the 70,000 former IRS students still alive, there were 31,970 sexual or serious sexual assault cases resolved by Independent Assessment Process, and 5,995 ...
Aklavik Anglican Indian Residential School (All Saints Indian Residential School) Shingle Point: NWT: 1927: 1934 (moved to Aklavik due to overcrowding) AN Baptist Indian Residential School (Yukon Indian Residential School) Whitehorse: YT: 1900: 1968: BP Carcross Indian Residential School (Forty Mile Boarding School) Fortymile: YT: 1891: 1910 ...
The Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ontario was the oldest continually-operating residential school in Canada. [31] Other residential schools also existed across the province. Egerton Ryerson was a key architect of the residential school system in Ontario. Residential schools were federally administered, meaning that the ...
Residential schools began operation in Canada in the 1880s and began to close during the end of the 20th century. [20] Residential school's main objectives were to educate Indigenous children, by teaching Euro-Canadian and Christian values and ways of living to assimilate Indigenous children into standard Canadian cultures.
Theodore Niizhotay Fontaine (September 7, 1941 – May 10, 2021) [1] was a Canadian community leader, author, public speaker, and residential school survivor. [2] He was widely recognized as a prominent figure in First Nations advocacy and public service, known for his expertise in First Nations rights, languages, culture, spirituality, and traditions.
The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA; French: Convention de règlement relative aux pensionnats indiens, CRRPI [1]) is an agreement between the government of Canada and approximately 86,000 Indigenous peoples in Canada who at some point were enrolled as children in the Canadian Indian residential school system, a system which was in place between 1879 and 1997.