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  2. We Were Children - Wikipedia

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    We Were Children is a 2012 Canadian documentary film about the experiences of First Nations children in the Canadian Indian residential school system. [2] [3] [4]Directed by Tim Wolochatiuk and written by Jason Sherman, the film recounts the experiences of two residential school survivors: Lyna Hart, who was sent to the Guy Hill Residential School in Manitoba at age 4; and Glen Anaquod, who ...

  3. Margaret Pokiak-Fenton - Wikipedia

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    Her stories relayed the horrors of the residential school system in terms that could be understood by young readers. Her stories also relayed the experience of living in the north of Canada. [ 3 ] Pokiak-Fenton and Jordan-Fenton extensively toured Canada, and also visited the United States and Cuba, to tell the story of residential schools ...

  4. Canadian Indian residential school system - Wikipedia

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    The other survivors founded the SJM Project, and on September 30, 2013—the time of the year when Indigenous children were taken away to residential schools—they encouraged students in schools in the area to wear an orange shirt in memory of the victims of the residential school system. [227]

  5. National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation - Wikipedia

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    The Centre is overseen by a seven-member governing circle, composed of three Survivors, two representatives from the University of Manitoba, and two members from partner organizations. [2] The NCTR is also overseen by a Survivor Circle, which includes First Nations, Métis, and Inuit survivors of the residential school system from across Canada.

  6. Canada judge who headed residential school abuse ...

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    From Residential School Survivors, to law students, to those who sat across from him in a courtroom, he was always known as an exceptional listener who treated everyone with dignity and respect ...

  7. Fatty Legs - Wikipedia

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    The story introduces children to the devastating reality of the residential school system, a system focused on the assimilation of Indigenous peoples. [1] The book was published two years before the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission began to investigate the residential school system and was among the first children's books from a ...

  8. Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School - Wikipedia

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    He was a residential school survivor who passed away while waiting for his hearing (before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission). [31] George Poitras: In 1957, the National (N) award for Hockey, Baseball, Rugby, and Basketball. From the File Hills Reserve. [30] In 1999, he filed a lawsuit regarding his abuse and received reparation. [32]

  9. Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association - Wikipedia

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    Advertised as "Shingwauk Reunion 1991: 160th anniversary of Chief Shingwauk's Vision" the event resulted in hundreds of residential school survivors, community members, politicians, clergy, and residential school staff gathering at Algoma University College. [10]