Anishinabek News- October 10, 2018
Mary Wabano, the Director of The First People’s Centre at Canadore College and Associate Dean Indigenous Studies, shared her story during an Orange Shirt Day gathering in the main foyer of Canadore College Friday, September 28.
Cultural gathering at Nathan Phillips Square offers chance to learn about residential schools
CBC News – October 9, 2018
A three-day cultural gathering to honour residential school survivors and their families began Tuesday at Nathan Phillips Square outside Toronto City Hall.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/irss-legacy-project-nathan-phillips-square-1.4855709
Orange Shirt Day rallies show support for IRS survivors, descendants
Sioux Bullentin – October 9, 2018
Over 50 people came out to join the Mayor’s Truth and Reconciliation Committee for their Orange Shirt Day walk to commemorate Indian Residential School (IRS) survivors and descendants.
New training program aims to tackle housing crisis in northern First Nations
CBC News – October 9, 2018
An innovative new training program aims to address the housing crisis in remote First Nations by using materials and residents who are already in the communities.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/first-nations-housing-program-1.4855478
Toronto celebrates Indigenous legacies of resiliency and vitality
Anishinabek News- October 6, 2018
The Indian Residential School Survivors (IRSS) Legacy Celebration, the first of its kind in Canada, will create common ground from October 9 through October 11 for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to honour residential school survivors and their families by sharing in this memorable event.
