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Ex-PM: 'Cultural Genocide'

CBC | Posted 04.26.2013 | Canada
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Residential schools engaged in "cultural genocide," former prime minister Paul Martin said Friday at the hearings of the federal Truth And Reconciliat...

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At Least 3,000 Died During Residential School Attendance: Research

CP | Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.20.2013 | Canada Politics
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TORONTO - At least 3,000 children, including four under the age of 10 found huddled together in frozen embrace, are now known to have died during atte...

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Harper's Top Seven Successes in Seven Years

Rachel Décoste | Posted 03.27.2013 | Canada Politics
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Rachel Décoste

This week marks seven years since Stephen Harper was first elected Prime Minister of Canada. The Harper Administration has been described as a dark cloud, but it does boast a silver lining. A thin one. Perhaps the Prime Minister should reassess his criteria and/or consider these seven success stories as feathers in his conservative cap.

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Former Students At Residential Schools To Tell Their Stories

CBC | Posted 03.24.2013 | Canada Impact
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The commission examining the treatment of aboriginal children in residential schools in the early 1900s is holding its first meetings in Quebec. ...

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Truth Commission Fights Feds Over Documents In Court

CP | Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.18.2013 | Canada Impact
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TORONTO - The Canadian government cannot be allowed to renege on a legal deal with its aboriginal people simply because sticking to the terms would co...

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Feds Sued Over School Abuse

CP | Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.01.2013 | Canada Politics
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TORONTO - Years of mounting frustration over access to government records has prompted the commission of inquiry into Canada's residential school syst...

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120 'Missing Children' Deaths Tied To Residential Schools

CP | Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press | Posted 07.31.2012 | Canada
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TORONTO - An intensive review of Ontario records has so far turned up more than 100 possible cases of previously unidentified child and youth deaths l...

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With Glowing Hearts? Coming to Terms with Our Dark Past

Avrum Rosensweig | Posted 06.04.2012 | Canada
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Avrum Rosensweig

As a Canadian, as a Jew, I'm sickened to share with you that in 1928, Alberta's Sexual Sterilization Act was passed, allowing students of a residential school to be sterilized with the principal's approval. At least 3,500 young native females were sterilized this way. Knowing this, I can understand the feelings of young Germans today when dealing with aspects of their country's past.

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Residential Schools Commission To Release Interim Report

CP | Terri Theodore, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.24.2012 | Canada Politics
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VANCOUVER - Tears form in Barney Williams eyes and his hand rests over his heart when he speaks about how important a report on residential schools is...

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Canada Guilty Of Genocide Under UN Rules?

CP | Chinta Puxley, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.18.2012 | Canada Politics
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WINNIPEG - The chairman of Canada's truth and reconciliation commission says removing more than 100,000 aboriginal children from their homes and plac...

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