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The following is a list of schools that operated as part of the Canadian Indian residential school system. [ nb 1 ] [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first opened in 1828, and the last closed in 1997. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] These schools operated in all Canadian provinces and territories except Prince Edward Island , and New Brunswick .
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Boarding schools in Canada worked towards assimilation of Native students. Historians Brian Klopotek and Brenda Child explain, "Education for Indians was not mandatory in Canada until 1920, long after compulsory attendance laws were passed in the United States, although families frequently resisted sending their children to the residential schools.
Old Sun (Blackfoot) Indian Residential School and Crowfoot Indian Residential School near Gleichen – search led by Siksika Nation using GPR in collaboration with the Institute for Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology at the University of Alberta. [149] Site clean-up began in early August 2021, and a community info session was held in September ...
St. Augustine's Indian Residential School; St. Eugene Golf Resort and Casino; Saint Joseph's Mission (Williams Lake) St. Mary's Indian Residential School; St. Michael's Indian Residential School (Alert Bay) St. Paul's Indian Residential School
The title of this list should be List of Canadian Indian residential schools so as to specify the Indian Reseidential School system and to exclude private schools like Upper Canada College, St. Michael's University School, Vancouver College, Brentwood College, Shawnigan Lake School etc (and All Hallows!).
The judge and senator who chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into Canadian residential schools' abuse of Indigenous children has died. Murray Sinclair, born near Selkirk, Manitoba ...
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