The Residential School System National Historic Event
TBD
Students playing lacrosse at Cariboo school, BC
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Address :
TBD
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
2019-06-05
Other Name(s):
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The Residential School System
(Designation Name)
Importance:
Part of a policy of assimilation imposed on Indigenous Peoples by the federal government and certain churches resulting in intergenerational harm to First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, their families, and communities