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  2. Canadian Indian residential school system - Wikipedia

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    The government believed through the industrial system and cheap labour costs of missionary staff it could "operate a residential school system on a nearly cost-free basis." [ 54 ] : 30–31 Students "were expected to raise or grow and prepare most of the food they ate, to make and repair much of their clothing, and to maintain the schools."

  3. List of Indian residential schools in Canada - Wikipedia

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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 .

  4. File:Egerton Ryerson on Residential Schools.pdf - Wikipedia

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    Government of Canada report detailing amounts of funding contributed over a 20 year period (1877-1896) to the various religious denominations for their operation of schools for Indian (Aboriginal) children

  5. 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 ...

  6. Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre - Wikipedia

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    Shingwauk Project logo. The Shingwauk Project was started in 1979 by Algoma University professor Don Jackson and numerous local partners including: Lloyd Bannerman of Algoma University College, Ron Boissoneau of Garden River First Nation, Dan Pine Sr. a residential school survivor and member of Garden River First Nation, and many other former students of the Shingwauk and Wawanosh Indian ...

  7. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya - Wikipedia

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    In 1986, Rajeev Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India, announced a National Policy on Education to modernise and expand higher education programs across India.In 1986, he founded the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya System, a Central government-based education institution providing rural populations with free residential education from grades six to twelve.

  8. Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association - Wikipedia

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    The Shingwauk Project and the CSAA also established the Shingwauk Healing Project in 1998, dedicated to sharing, healing and learning in relation to the legacy of residential schools. [ 5 ] In 2020, the archives of the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association, held by the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre, were added to the UNESCO Memory of ...

  9. Cultural assimilation - Wikipedia

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    Marriage practices and spiritual ceremonies were banned, and spiritual leaders were imprisoned. Additionally, the Canadian government instituted an extensive residential school system to assimilate children. Indigenous children were separated from their families and no longer permitted to express their culture at these new schools.