May 1, 2000 Family relationships were lost

Some teachers and workers went to residential schools with sinister motives and almost no fear of reprimand. "Missionary bodies all too often were unwilling or unable to weed out - and keep out - staff who were proven to be...

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May 1, 2000 Apology and contrition

In their paper, The Promise and Pitfalls of Apology, to be published in the Journal of Social Philosophy, Canadian academic Trudy Govier, a professor at the University of Calgary, and Wilhelm Verwoerd, a professor at Stellenbosch...

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May 1, 2000 Frustration level peaked

Another prime example of Natives taking financial matters into their own hands comes in the form of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation, a $350-million pool of cash the federal government established in 1998, following its apology...

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May 1, 2000 Renewed partnership

While lawsuits have raised the awareness of some and the ire of others, many people see them as forums for restorative justice. The next opportunity for the scales to balance might come if the children of students from the Mohawk...

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May 1, 2000 Building on the past

Trudging through mud so thick that it threatens to suck the shoes right off my feet, I make my way across a bustling construction site on the shores of Pelican Lake near Sioux Lookout, Ont. A cluster of small houses is surrounded...

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May 1, 2000 Photo gallery

The Anglican Church of Canada's General Synod archives hold about 2,000 photographs that span the whole residential schools era. Missionaries often took photos to support fundraising campaigns. However, identifying information -...

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May 1, 2000 Ottawa experimented on Native kids

The federal government denied basic dental care and experimented with the diets of Native children in order to study the effects of Vitamin C and fluoride treatment. The controlled experiment took place in the late 1940s and...

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May 1, 2000 MP raises financial case of churches in House

A New Democratic Member of Parliament has raised in the House of Commons the financial situation of Canada's Christian churches over the residential schools lawsuits. "Surely it is important to make sure that the churches...

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December 1, 1999 Collection plate cash won't go to litigation bills

Mississauga Money put in the collection plate this Sunday won't end up settling a residential schools lawsuit against the church. Legal bills, court costs and damages to settle lawsuits are all being paid from...

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December 1, 1999 General Synod to appeal residential school decision

The Anglican Church of Canada will appeal a B.C. Supreme Court decision that found the church liable for 60 per cent of the damages owed a student who was sexually abused at St. George's Indian Residential School in Lytton, B.C. ...

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