https://padlet.com/jyin17/1wa533s7h78gua2j en-us 2021-07-05 07:03:55 UTC 2026-03-04 04:54:24 UTC hello@padlet.com jyin17 https://padlet.com/jyin17/1wa533s7h78gua2j/wish/1636989278 - Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper formally apologized to all residential school survivors and their families in 2008
- more than $3 billion was put into compensating residential school survivors
- The government is providing mental health support
- $125 million was put into the Aboriginal Healing Foundation
- The federal government is putting $27 million into locating and uncovering unmarked graves
- no one can define what "fair" means, nothing will remove the scars left behind by the residential school system.


]]> 2021-07-05 07:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jyin17/1wa533s7h78gua2j/wish/1636989278 jyin17 https://padlet.com/jyin17/1wa533s7h78gua2j/wish/1636996249 - Around 150,000 children were sent to residential schools 
- around 4100 to 6000 children lost their lives at residential schools
- Students were abused sexually, physically, and psychologically
Students were punished severely for speaking their language or practicing their traditions
- Children were taught skills like sewing, cooking, and farming
- Older students were forced to work during the day
- Many residential school survivors still suffer from the trauma left behind from when they were young, and the government needs to do more to help them. ]]> 2021-07-05 07:12:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jyin17/1wa533s7h78gua2j/wish/1636996249 jyin17 https://padlet.com/jyin17/1wa533s7h78gua2j/wish/1637000188 - Residential schools affected so many Indigenous children and families
- Students are taught about topics relating to residential schools at school
- Schools participate in events such as Orange Shirt Day
- The government has put a lot of money into compensating the survivors
- Focus has been put back onto this issue after the discovery of the remains of 215 children at a former residential school. 
- People are devastated by the affects that residential schools had on Indigenous families and communities. ]]> 2021-07-05 07:16:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jyin17/1wa533s7h78gua2j/wish/1637000188 jyin17 https://padlet.com/jyin17/1wa533s7h78gua2j/wish/1644004565 - most Indigenous, First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children were sent to residential schools
- More than 150,000 in total
- More than 4,100 deaths at residential schools
- Indigenous communities today suffer from the highest levels of poverty
- The residential school system resulted in devastating and long-lasting effects such as trauma, loss of language, and loss of culture]]> 2021-07-10 10:07:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jyin17/1wa533s7h78gua2j/wish/1644004565 jyin17 https://padlet.com/jyin17/1wa533s7h78gua2j/wish/1644005661 - A lot of money has been put into compensating and supporting residential school survivors
- All residential schools were shut down
- The Indigenous communities in Canada are still not treated the same way, Canada is kind of trying to back away from the problem and pretend this never happened. ]]> 2021-07-10 10:11:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jyin17/1wa533s7h78gua2j/wish/1644005661 jyin17 https://padlet.com/jyin17/1wa533s7h78gua2j/wish/1644008809 - We can learn more bout this topic on our own
- We can take part in petition and protests, and advocate for change
- We need to work together in order to reshape our future. ]]> 2021-07-10 10:23:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jyin17/1wa533s7h78gua2j/wish/1644008809