https://padlet.com/spatone01/hhm9bs3l0cg0 Summary en-us 2018-04-04 15:41:59 UTC 2026-03-17 01:34:24 UTC hello@padlet.com spatone01 https://padlet.com/spatone01/hhm9bs3l0cg0/wish/248974794 Residential schools are church-run, government-funded industrial schools. The Canadian government developed a policy called "aggressive assimilation" to be taught at these residential schools. Residential schools were federally run, under the Department of Indian Affairs.]]> 2018-04-05 17:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/spatone01/hhm9bs3l0cg0/wish/248974794 spatone01 https://padlet.com/spatone01/hhm9bs3l0cg0/wish/248975009 Attendance was mandatory for children in the many communities that didn't have day schools. Agents were employed by the government to ensure all native children attended school.]]> 2018-04-05 17:27:03 UTC https://padlet.com/spatone01/hhm9bs3l0cg0/wish/248975009 spatone01 https://padlet.com/spatone01/hhm9bs3l0cg0/wish/248975221 The main people targeted were aboriginals and indigenous populations.]]> 2018-04-05 17:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/spatone01/hhm9bs3l0cg0/wish/248975221 spatone01 https://padlet.com/spatone01/hhm9bs3l0cg0/wish/248975433 Students were forced to change their religions and culture. ]]> 2018-04-05 17:28:03 UTC https://padlet.com/spatone01/hhm9bs3l0cg0/wish/248975433 spatone01 https://padlet.com/spatone01/hhm9bs3l0cg0/wish/248975770 In 1990, a man named Phil Fontaine called for the churches involved to acknowledge the physical, emotional, and sexual abuse to the students at these types of schools. A year later, the government convened a Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Many people told the commission about their residential school experiences, and the commission's 1996 report recommended a separate public inquiry into residential schools. ]]> 2018-04-05 17:28:56 UTC https://padlet.com/spatone01/hhm9bs3l0cg0/wish/248975770