I ran away from the Kamloops Residential School. This is where I hid.
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I ran away from the Kamloops Residential School. This is where I hid.

I ran away from the Kamloops Residential School. This is where I hid.

On his 16th birthday, Ron Ignace's residential school allowed him to go into town unsupervised. He didn't go back, instead hiding in his aunt and uncle's house. 'That was the best damn decision I ever made in my life.'
Finding David Lightning: The decades-long quest to locate an unmarked grave

Finding David Lightning: The decades-long quest to locate an unmarked grave

In 1987, a Cree Elder went looking for his brother’s final resting place. His quest is now a beacon in the search for residential school graves.

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How Nobel Peace Prize nominee Ilwad Elman has left her mark on Somalia—and the world

How Nobel Peace Prize nominee Ilwad Elman has left her mark on Somalia—and the world

In memory of her father and sister, Ilwad Elman pours herself into working with former child soldiers and sexual assault survivors in Somalia. The Nobel Peace Prize committee has noticed.

Ways, big and small, Canadians are marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Ways, big and small, Canadians are marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Here's how some are observing the day for reflecting on the tragic history of residential schools

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The lonely death of Chanie Wenjack

The lonely death of Chanie Wenjack

Chanie was 12, and Indigenous. He died as the white world's rules had forced him to live—cut off from his people.

Netflix Canada in October 2021: What's new this month

Netflix Canada in October 2021: What's new this month

A Broadway musical about Princess Diana, an Ava DuVernay production about Colin Kaepernick and a Zack Snyder 'Army of the Dead' spinoff. Here's Jaime Weinman’s rundown of everything coming to Netflix in Canada in October.

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