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Iqaluit to host national gathering on unmarked graves at residential schools – Nunatsiaq News

Jan 29, 2024

Three-day conference this week will focus on experiences of Inuit and northern communities

Unmarked burials and the experiences of Inuit and northern communities will be the focus of a conference opening in Iqaluit later this week.

Participants from across the country will attend the sixth National Gathering on Unmarked Burials, running Jan. 30 to Feb. 1 at the Aqsarniit hotel.

“I think it’s very important for the survivors and the teams to come together to share with one another,” said Kimberly Murray, the independent special interlocutor for missing children and unmarked Graves and burial Sites associated with Indian residential schools.

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