https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh What you can do: talk to your students about IRS and on September 30th, wear orange to show your support for survivors of Residential Schools #everychildmatters en-us 2018-10-11 14:52:29 UTC 2025-11-10 10:17:43 UTC hello@padlet.com vchoule https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291765268 For 150 years the Canadian government forcefully removed Indigenous children from their homes, families and everything they knew in order to get rid of “the Indian problem” through forced assimilation. The goal of assimilation was based on racist ideology which suppressed Indigenous culture by christianizing “Indians” and civilizing “savages”. More than 150,000 children were placed in 139 residential schools across Canada where they endured substandard living conditions, physical and sexual abuse, and trauma. Survivors persevered, eventually coming forward with the truth about what occurred at these schools and following up with the largest class action lawsuit in Canadian history. Out of this The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada was born in June 2008.]]> 2018-10-11 14:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291765268 vchoule https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291765269 Former students reported being electrocuted in a homemade electric chair as means of punishment by missionaries. One witness states, “The sight of a child being electrocuted and their legs waving in front of them was a funny sight for the missionaries and they’d all be laughing.” The government tried to not acknowledge these claims, but an Ontario Judge has recently ruled the federal government must turn over documented evidence.]]> 2018-10-11 14:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291765269 vchoule https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291765271 The TRC visited over 300 communities across the nation gathering witness testimonies at private and public statement gathering events. “It will take more than two years to play back the more than 6,500 statements – they range in length from 10 minutes to five hours.”]]> 2018-10-11 14:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291765271 vchoule https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291765273 Beginning in 1942 the government started to perform several experiments to test the effects of malnutrition on approximately 1000 children spanning six residential schools. Students from Port Alberni, B.C., Kenora, Ont., Shubenacadie, N.S., and Lethbridge, Alta. suffered as ‘guinea pigs’ on research that went nowhere.]]> 2018-10-11 14:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291765273 vchoule https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291768181 Reclaiming Culture]]> 2018-10-11 14:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291768181 vchoule https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291769109 2018-10-11 14:58:31 UTC https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291769109 vchoule https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291769251 2018-10-11 14:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291769251 vchoule https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291770011 2018-10-11 14:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291770011 vchoule https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291771032 2018-10-11 15:01:35 UTC https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291771032 vchoule https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291771131 2018-10-11 15:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291771131 vchoule https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291808593 2018-10-11 15:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291808593 vchoule https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291809342 2018-10-11 15:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291809342 vchoule https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291809852 MUSKRat Magazine]]> 2018-10-11 15:57:30 UTC https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291809852 vchoule https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291810591 A ten-member Indian Residential Schools Survivor Committee serves as an advisory body to the TRC.]]> 2018-10-11 15:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291810591 vchoule https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291822809 2018-10-11 16:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291822809 vchoule https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291824978 2018-10-11 16:23:10 UTC https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291824978 vchoule https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291825026 2018-10-11 16:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291825026 vchoule https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291825546 2018-10-11 16:24:00 UTC https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291825546 vchoule https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291825620 2018-10-11 16:24:06 UTC https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291825620 vchoule https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291826429 2018-10-11 16:25:15 UTC https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291826429 vchoule https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291827562 Inspiration behind Gord Downie's Secret Path]]> 2018-10-11 16:26:59 UTC https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291827562 vchoule https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291828017 2018-10-11 16:27:45 UTC https://padlet.com/vchoule/3a4ongk5jnqh/wish/291828017