Horden Hall Residential School Acknowledgement Statement
Press Release July 9, 2025 Chief Peter Wesley spoke at the opening of the Horden Hall Gathering this morning with an acknowledgement statement: We all have the right to grow…
Chiefs of Ontario call on healing for residential survivors and their communities not to be forgotten amidst push for economic projects
Press Release (Toronto, Ont.—July 3, 2025) — The Chiefs of Ontario (COO) have adopted a resolution at the 2025 Annual Chiefs Assembly, calling on the Governments of Canada and Ontario…
Horden Hall Gathering
Press Release Inviting Residential School Survivors to come together and participate in memorial and healing activities at Moose Factory Island, sites of the former Bishop Horden Hall. July 7-11, 2025.…
On the 4th Anniversary of the Kamloops Residential School Findings, UBCIC Calls for Residential School History to be Acknowledged and Survivors to be Respected
Press Release May 27, 2025 (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/ Vancouver, B.C. – May 27, 2025) Today UBCIC observes the fourth anniversary of the announcement by Tk’emlúps…
Access Denied: Federal government fails on ‘reconcili-action’ agenda by fighting release of records about residential schools
April 16, 2025 Nearly ten years after the publication of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)’s final report, Canada’s federal government continues to fight Indigenous groups from across the country…
FNLC Calls on Canada to Prioritize Legislation to Create Legal Protections against Residential School Denialism
Press Release March 20, 2025 (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) is deeply concerned by the rise of Residential School denialism in…
Mixed emotion as Government of Canada settles with Île-à-la-Crosse Boarding School Survivors
Press Release March 3, 2025 – Treaty Ten Territory and Heartland of the Métis, Île-à-la-Crosse, SK – After two decades of calling for proper recognition of the abuse suffered by…
BCAFN Condemns MLA Dallas Brodie’s Stance Challenging the Presence of Unmarked Graves at Former Residential Schools
Press Release February 27, 2025 (Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) – The BC Assembly of First Nations (BCAFN), Regional Chief Terry Teegee and board member Kúkpi7 Rosanne…
Pink Shirt Day & Denialism
Press Release February 26, 2025 On behalf of Tḱemlúps te Secwépemc (TteS) many of us are wearing pink to stand up for our commitment to choose kindness and remind everyone…
Williams Lake First Nation Calls on Canada to Support Revitalization of Former Residential School Site
Press Release Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) commenced the investigation into the disappeared and deceased Indigenous children at the former St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School (“SJM”) in July of 2021.…
