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Indigenous residential schools

Indigenous residential schools, opened near the end of the 19th century and funded by the federal government in collaboration with the country’s major Christian churches, were intended to assimilate Indigenous children into Euro-Canadian society by removing them from the influence of their families, communities, and cultures. Although several Indigenous communities had advocated access to education for their children, many individuals turned against the residential-school system because of the conditions to which students were subjected. Residential schools have come to be seen as oppressive pedagogical failures that devastated Indigenous people across Canada.

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Other Resources

80 Indian Residential Schools
A history of residential schools in Canada - Canada - CBC News
A timeline of residential schools, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Canada - CBC News
Canada’s Residential Schools: Reconciliation | McGill-Queen’s University Press
Canadian Indian residential school system - Wikipedia
Crowstand Indian Residential School | Kamsack – Shattering the Silence
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Birtle Indian Residential School (Birtle, Municipality of Prairie View)
Indian Residential Schools Settlement - Official Court Website
Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation Resources - FNESC
Mapping Canada’s history of residential schools with Google Earth | Canadian Geographic
Residential Schools - Makivik Corporation
Teacher Kits, Lesson Plans, and Other Resources - Residential Schools: Teacher's Resource Guide - Library Research Guides at University of Saskatchewan
The Residential School System
UNION OF ONTARIO INDIANS – Indian Residential Schools
We Were Children by Tim Wolochatiuk - NFB
We Were So Far Away | The Inuit Experience of Residential Schools
Where Are The Children

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