Shubenacadie Residential School: $326,700 

CIRNAC:The funding supports the “Shubenacadie Residential School Support Project for Sipekne’katik.” This funding will assist with the research, knowledge gathering, commemoration, memorialization and fieldwork that will be undertaken by the First Nation on the grounds surrounding the former Shubenacadie residential school.

Sipekne’katik First Nation has already begun the difficult work. The project, titled “Shubenacadie Residential School Support Project for Sipekne’katik,” involves local research and knowledge gathering with Elders, and fieldwork investigation on the surrounding areas of the school that were not included in earlier fieldwork investigation supported by Parks Canada. It will also include commemorative events such as the installation of a plaque honouring the missing children who attended the residential school.

Sipekne’katik First Nation is a Mi’kmaq community of 2901 members and is located in Hants County, Nova Scotia, near Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia.