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United Church Residential Schools Archives Project

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Atlantic National Event, Halifax October 16-19th, 2011

The next TRC National event will be in Halifax October 26-29, 2011. The event information is available from the TRC website The United Church of Canada did not manage any residential schools in the Maritime Provinces, however Church representatives will be there to speak to the national legacy of the residentials school system in Canada. … [Read More...]

First National Event, June 16-19th

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is part of a comprehensive response to the legacy of Indian Residential Schools as set out in the Residential Schools’ Settlement Agreement reached in May 2006. The Commission is mandated to look at activities within residential schools, as well as the impacts of the schools’ stated aim to assimilate Aboriginal children. The National Consultation in Winnipeg … [Read More...]

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Ahousaht, Alberni, Brandon, Coqualeetza, Edmonton, File Hills, Kitamaat, Morley, Mount Elgin, Norway House, Port Simpson, Portage la Pairie, Red Deer, Round Lake

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Atlantic National Event, Halifax October 16-19th, 2011

First National Event, June 16-19th

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About The Project

Welcome to our website on the history of the United Church’s Indian Residential Schools. This project was initiated by the United Church’s Steering Committee on Residential Schools, comprised of Survivors from different residential schools across Canada and of United Church leaders and staff. Here you will find photographs from the collections in our national archives in Toronto, as well as photos from the BC Conference Archives. By digitizing the photographs, we hope to make them more accessible to Survivors, First Nations communities, and other interested people. We consider this … [Read More...]

New Website: Up and Down the Coast

The UCC Archives in Toronto received funding to create a website for records of missions to first nations in British Columbia, Up and Down the Coast
Visit to learn more about the broader missionary history and how the residential schools are part of that church history.

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If reading or viewing this site distresses you or someone you know, please call the Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419. This crisis line will help Indian Residential School Survivors get emotional and crisis services. You can also call the Crisis Line to get information on other health supports provided by the Health Canada Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program

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