Two-thirds want additional evidence before accepting that soil anomalies represent unmarked graves at Kamloops school
Press Release Majorities acknowledge that what happened at Indian Residential Schools was ‘cultural genocide’ August 14, 2025 – In the wake of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report in 2015,…
Ontario Investing $7.7 Million to Support Indian Residential School Survivors
Press Release Applications now open for communities and organizations that provide supports to survivors and their families impacted by burial investigations August 11, 2025 Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic…
The Government of Canada launches a call for interest to join the Indian Residential Schools National Monument Steering Committee (First Nations, Métis and Inuit)
Press Release From: Canadian Heritage July 29, 2025 The Government of Canada, in collaboration with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR), is launching a public call for interest…
Design concept chosen for Calgary’s future Indian Residential School Memorial
Press Release July 24, 2025 CALGARY– After an extensive and Indigenous-led design competition, an independent jury has selected a design concept for Calgary’s future Indian Residential School Memorial (IRSM). The…
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…
