Waiting for justice: why you need to know Métis residential school survivors of Île-à-la-Crosse

Every single public administrator and elected official could choose to acknowledge these survivors and properly compensate them. But they have not.

A group of Métis children on a seesaw in Île-à-la-Crosse, Sask., circa 1954-1963. Photograph courtesy of Library and Archives Canada

Opinion

BY MERELDA FIDDLER-POTTER

April 29, 2024

It is undeniable that the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s (TRC) final report in 2015 marked a historic point in our country’s history. Finally, we learned the truth about what happened to generations of Indigenous children who attended resi...

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