Why are residential school testimonies being destroyed?
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Why are residential school testimonies being destroyed?

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 30, 202629 min

Today is the sixth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, where the country remembers the 150,000 Indigenous kids who were taken from their communities and forced to enrol in Indian Residential Schools. While there, they were subjected to widespread abuse and mistreatment. Thousands died before they could return home. There is a large historical record attesting to this fact. But tens of thousands of survivor testimonies are on track to be destroyed next year. These painful stories were heard and documented as part of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement agreement. Connie Walker...

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This is a CBC Podcast. Hi, I'm Jamie Poisson. Today marks the sixth national day for truth and reconciliation, where as a country, we remember the 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis kids who were taken from their

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