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October 30, 2024
Special interlocutor says she received abuse, threats during work on residential schools
Canada’s special interlocutor for unmarked graves at former residential schools, Kimberly Murray says hate directed her way is what Indigenous communities and survivors of residential schools face when attempting to publicy discuss the devastating legacy of the system. JUSTIN TANG/THE CANADIAN PRESS The Globe and Mail: Ottawa and Thunder Bay – Canada’s special interlocutor tasked...
October 29, 2024
Canada must provide reparations to families of children missing at residential schools, says Kimberly Murray
Special interlocutor’s office holds final national gathering in Gatineau, Que. CBC Indigenous: Many Indigenous children who died and were buried at Indian residential schools are not missing but are “victims of enforced disappearance,” says Kimberly Murray. Murray, who is Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with Indian Residential Schools, released her...
September 30, 2023
Orange Shirt Day: Canada faces rise in residential school denialism
Hate speech and confrontations are growing over the truth about missing children, graves and genocide People attend the second annual Orange Shirt Day Survivors Walk and Pow Wow on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Sept. 30, 2022. With Orange Shirt Day approaching Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, a surge in residential...