Title: Fading memory, fragmented records and the passage of time keep some residential school truths hidden forever

URL: http://aptn.ca/news/2014/03/30/fading-memory-fragmented-records-passage-time-keep-residential-school-truths-hidden-forever/

Description: This article argues that due to the gaps in records around residential schools, the federal government must fund ongoing investigations into the deaths of Indigenous students in the IRS system.

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Title: Clifton & Rubenstein: Debunking the half-truths and exaggerations in the Truth and Reconciliation report

URL: http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/clifton-rubenstein-debunking-the-half-truths-and-exaggerations-in-the-truth-and-reconciliation-report

Description: Commentary challenging the findings of the Final TRC report.

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Title: Conrad Black: Canada’s treatment of aboriginals was shameful, but it was not genocide

URL: http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/conrad-black-canadas-treatment-of-aboriginals-was-shameful-but-it-was-not-genocide

Description: Commentary arguing that the residential school system, though shameful, does not fit the definition of genocide.

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Title: Wynne apologizes on behalf of Ontario for ‘brutalities’ suffered in residential schools

URL: http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/wynne-apologizes-on-behalf-of-province-for-brutalities-suffered-in-residential-schools/

Description: Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne offered a formal apology on behalf of the Ontario government for the brutalities of the Indian Residential School System.

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Title: New Heritage Minutes tackle ‘some hard truths about residential schools and treaties’ as part of reconciliation

URL: http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/new-heritage-minutes-tackle-some-hard-truths-about-residential-schools-and-treaties-as-part-of-reconciliation/

Description: Published 21 June 2016. Article addresses the two new Canadian Heritage Minutes videos on the history of residential schools and treaties.

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Title: The chief who said no: One Northern village rejected residential schools and built their own instead

URL: http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-chief-who-said-no-one-northern-village-rejected-residential-schools-and-built-their-own-instead/

Description: Rather than allow government officials to remove children of the Jean Marie River reserve in the Northwest Territories, chief Louis Norwegian spearheaded the building of a school on the reserve in the early 1950s, the first of its kind in Canada.

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Title: ‘Where I learned to fight and cheat and steal’: Six Nations wants to save longest-running residential school

URL: http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/where-i-learned-to-fight-and-cheat-and-steal-six-nations-wants-to-save-longest-running-residential-school/

Description: This article describes the former Mohawk Institute on Six Nations territory near Brantford and the community's fight to preserve Canada's longest-running residential school.

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Title: At least 4,000 aboriginal children died in residential schools, commission finds

URL: http://o.canada.com/news/national/at-least-4000-aboriginal-children-died-in-residential-schools-commission-finds

Description: Estimates on the number of children who died in residential schools is expected to rise beyond the 4,000 already counted by the TRC.

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Title: Truth and Reconciliation Commission: what's in the final report

URL: http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/truth-and-reconciliation-commission-whats-in-the-final-report/

Description: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's final report has been endorsed by newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has pledged to enact its recommendations.

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Title: Truth Seeker: Murray Sinclair's relentless quest for the facts about residential schools

URL: http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/truth-seeker-murray-sinclairs-relentless-quest-for-the-truth-about-residential-schools

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Title: Unlearning racism against Indigenous peoples in one generation

URL: http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/kairos-canada/2016/03/unlearning-racism-against-indigenous-peoples-one-generation?utm_content=buffer05fb8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Description: Published 21 March 2016, this article describes the use of the KAIROS blanket exercise to teach participants, especially children, about Indigenous cultures.

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Title: Truth and Reconciliation positive for First Nations

URL: http://www.catholicregister.org/item/20653-truth-and-reconciliation-positive-for-first-nations/

Description: Representatives of the Catholic Church have perceived positive effects from the TRC investigations on Indigenous communities.

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Title: New Heritage Minute explores dark history of Indian residential schools

URL: http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/new-heritage-minute-explores-dark-history-of-indian-residential-schools-1.3643363/

Description: A new Heritage Minute released for National Aboriginal Day tells the story of Chanie Wenjack.

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Title: A timeline of residential schools, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

URL: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/a-timeline-of-residential-schools-the-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-1.724434

Description: Posted 16 May 2008. Updated 25 March 2014. A timeline of residential schools from 1620-2011.

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Title: Gord Downie's Secret Path brings hope to Chanie Wenjack's family, 50 years after boy's death

URL: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/wenjack-family-response-secrect-path-1.3808589

Description: Chanie Wenjack is the subject of Gord Downie's new multimedia project, Secret Path, which includes a solo album, a graphic novel and an animated film. Wenjack's sister Pearl Wenjack says the change she has been seeking for 50 years is finally happening.

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Title: St. Anne's Residential School survivor says Ottawa 'hiding evidence'

URL: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/st-anne-s-residential-school-survivor-says-ottawa-hiding-evidence-1.2466795

Description: Survivors of St. Anne's Residential School seek to have the federal government release documents supporting their abuse claims.

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Title: Truth and Reconciliation Commission final report points to 'growing crisis' for indigenous youth

URL: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/truth-and-reconciliation-final-report-1.3361148

Description: The TRC final report raises concerns that Indigenous youth are overrepresented in Canada's prisons and child-welfare system

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Title: New Heritage Minutes spotlight 'black marks' on Canadian history

URL: http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/new-heritage-minutes-spotlight-black-marks-on-canadian-history-1.2955236

Description: Two new Heritage Minutes videos recount 'black marks' in Canadian history, including the breaking of treaties and the death of IRS students such as Chanie Wenjack.

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Title: Mulcair Demands PM Ask Pope To Apologize For Church's Role In Residential Schools

URL: http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/mulcair-demands-pm-ask-pope-to-apologize-for-church-s-role-in-residential-schools-1.2410594

Description: NDP Leader Tom Mulcair has called on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to ask the Pope to apologize on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church for its involvement in Canada’s residential school system.

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Title: Alberta K-12 Students To Be Taught Painful Legacy Of Indian Residential Schools

URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/03/27/residential-schools-alberta_n_5046176.html

Description: The Province of Alberta has announced that kindergarten to Grade 12 curriculum will include mandatory content on the significance of residential schools and First Nation treaties.

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Title: Residential Schools: Promises Of Reconciliation Saved In Bentwood Box

URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/05/30/residential-schools-prom_n_7474608.html

Description: The bentwood box present at each national TRC event represents the commitment to achieving reconciliation between indigenous and non-indigenous peoples.

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Title: Truth and Reconciliation Commission: By The Numbers

URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/06/02/truth-and-reconciliation-_n_7491120.html

Description: Statistics on the residential schools that operated from 1883 to 1996 in Canada.

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Title: '22 Days' Reconciliation Project Sees Anglican Church Promote Residential School Survivors' Stories

URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/06/03/22-days-anglican-church_n_7504088.html

Description: The Anglican Church of Canada marked the 22 days between the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's (TRC) final national gathering (May 31) and National Aboriginal Day (June 22) with the "22 Days" project, which promotes the stories of 22 people affected by residential school policy.

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Title: Mulcair Demands PM Ask Pope To Apologize For Church's Role In Residential Schools

URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/06/07/mulcair-demands-pm-ask-po_n_7529762.html

Description: NDP Leader Tom Mulcair has called on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to ask the Pope to apologize on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church for its involvement in Canada’s residential school system.

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Title: Ex-Birtle Indian Residential School Being Sold On Kijiji For $79,000

URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/07/07/residential-school-kijiji-manitoba_n_7747438.html

Description: An ad on Kijiji offers a 26-acre farmable property in Birtle, Manitoba, that includes a  building that was the former Birtle Indian Residential School.

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Title: Gord Downie’s not-so-Secret Path to truth and reconciliation

URL: http://www.macleans.ca/culture/arts/gord-downies-not-so-secret-path-to-truth-and-reconciliation/

Description: On October 21, 2016 Gord Downie performed "Secret Path" at Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto. The event showcased the album, graphic novel, and animated film that tell the story of Chanie Wenjack, a 12-year-old boy from Ogoki Post.

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Title: Why Chanie Wenjack’s story might finally get action

URL: http://www.macleans.ca/culture/books/why-chanie-wenjacks-story-might-finally-get-action/

Description: Published 12 September 2016. Article describes Gord Downie's efforts to raise awareness about the dark legacy of residential schools.

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Title: First came truth. Now comes the hard part.

URL: http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/first-came-truth-now-comes-the-hard-part/

Description: Published 25 June 2015. Award-winning author Joseph Boyden writes about truth, reconciliation, and the government response.

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Title: The Runaways Project: Help us tell these stories

URL: http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/the-runaways-project-help-us-tell-these-stories/

Description: During its exhaustive investigation,  the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada uncovered evidence of at least 32 children who lost their lives while attempting to run away from residential schools. Maclean's magazine is listing the names and known details of those runaway children who did not survive and seeks public assistance in making more stories known. Article includes a link to the first story in the series.

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Title: The lonely death of Chanie Wenjack

URL: http://www.macleans.ca/society/the-lonely-death-of-chanie-wenjack/

Description: In 1967, a Maclean’s cover story told the tragic tale of Chanie Wenjack, an Indigenous boy who died after running away from his residential school in northern Ontario.

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Title: Indigenous studies must be in Canada’s high school curriculum

URL: http://www.northumberlandnews.com/opinion-story/6393471-indigenous-studies-must-be-in-canada-s-high-school-curriculum/?utm_content=buffer6c423&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Description: The TRC offers important recommendations aimed at the inclusion of Indigenous peoples in Canada's education system.

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Title: Getting the whole story of Shingwauk school

URL: http://www.saultstar.com/2009/08/26/getting-the-whole-story-of-shingwauk-school

Description: Published 26 August 2009. Justice Murray Sinclair, chair of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission, cites the Shingwauk Project as a possible model to be used for other schools and other regions.

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Title: Understanding between aboriginals, non-aboriginals key to reconciliation, Sinclair says

URL: http://www.saultstar.com/2015/07/30/understanding-between-aboriginals-non-aboriginals-key-to-reconciliation-sinclair-says/

Description: An article detailing the ongoing work of Justice Murray Sinclair to achieve reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians.

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Title: Gord Downie’s Secret Path delivers on its heavy ambition

URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/gord-downies-secret-path-delivers-on-its-heavy-ambition/article32407765/

Description: Gord Downie brings attention to the history of residential schools with the 10-song album Secret Path and accompanying graphic novel by Jeff Lemire.

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Title: Truth, in hope of reconciliation: Gord Downie tells the tragic tale of Chanie Wenjack

URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/truth-in-hopes-of-reconciliation-gord-downie-tells-the-tragic-tale-of-chanie-wenjack/article32437308/

Description: A review of Gord Downie's inaugural performance of the Secret Path at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, 18 October 2016.

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Title: Royals to see powerful residential schools monument on B.C. visit

URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/royals-to-see-powerful-residential-schools-monument-on-bc-visit/article31892715/

Description: Published 15 September 2016. "When the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit British Columbia this month, they will come face to face with a powerful monument to a devastating consequence of colonization. The Witness Blanket is a beautiful piece of art about one of Canada’s ugliest chapters: the residential school system."

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Title: Gord Downie to release album, graphic novel about residential schools

URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/gord-downie-to-release-album-graphic-novel-about-residential-schools/article31784065/

Description: Canadian musician Gord Downie is releasing an album and graphic novel about Chanie Wenjack, who died after running away from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School in Kenora, Ont., in October, 1966.

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Title: Ottawa still fighting lawsuit from Newfoundland residential-school survivors

URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ottawa-continues-to-fight-lawsuit-from-newfoundland-residential-school-survivors/article28140052/

Description: The federal Justice Department has sent a clear signal that Ottawa intends to fight a lawsuit brought by former residential school students in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Title: Study shows link between continued abuse of aboriginal women, residential schools

URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/study-shows-link-between-continued-abuse-of-aboriginal-women-residential-schools/article23874393/

Description: The Cedar Project is the first in Canada to show a statistical connection between continued abuse and the residential school system.

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Title: All who died at residential schools should be named, bodies located: report

URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/all-who-died-at-indian-residential-schools-should-be-named-bodies-located-report/article27750888/

Description: The TRC's final report states that it is time to know and make known the names of all students who died in the former Indian Residential Schools System.

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Title: Legal misstep lets Catholic Church off hook for residential schools compensation

URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/legal-misstep-lets-catholics-off-hook-for-residential-schools-compensation/article29657424/

Description: Published 17 April 2016. Article argues that a miscommunication by a federal lawyer allowed the Catholic Church to renege on its obligation to try to raise $25-million to pay for healing programs for the survivors of Indian residential schools.

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Title: Can you hear Gord Downie's call for reconciliation?

URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/can-you-hear-gord-downies-call-for-reconciliation/article31834821/

Description: Ry Moran, director of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, expresses hope that Gord Downie's efforts will help Canada and the NCTR implement some of the TRC's calls to action.

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Title: Truth and Reconciliation Commission's report details deaths of 3,201 children in residential schools

URL: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/12/15/truth-and-reconciliation-commissions-report-details-deaths-of-3201-children-in-residential-schools.html

Description: More than 3,000 Indigenous children and youth died in residential schools, as detailed in the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).

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Title: Justin Trudeau pledges reconciliation in Canada after Aboriginal abuse

URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/15/justin-trudeau-pledges-reconciliation-canada-aboriginal-abuse/

Description: Published 15 December 2015. The forcible separation of some 150,000 children from their families over more than 100 years was an attempt to end the existence of Aboriginals in Canada, a report concluded.

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Title: Canada's indigenous schools policy was 'cultural genocide', says report

URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/02/canada-indigenous-schools-cultural-genocide-report/

Description: Published 2 June 2015. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission delivers its verdict on church-run residential institutions. It finds residential schools to be one of Canadian history’s ‘darkest and most troubling chapters’.

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Title: Canada confronts its dark history of abuse in residential schools

URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/06/canada-dark-of-history-residential-schools/

Description: Published 6 June 2015. The TRC's landmark report reveals the Indian Residential School system’s brutal attempt to assimilate thousands of native children for more than a century and gives voice to survivors.

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