Canada’s Grim Legacy of Cultural Erasure, in Poignant School Photos

With the discovery of human remains on the grounds of residential schools, this history is now dominating the conversation in the country.

After Bodies Are Found, Some Say Canada Day Is Nothing to Celebrate

Heeding calls from Indigenous people, some places have canceled plans to mark the holiday, after hundreds of children’s remains were discovered at former boarding schools for Indigenous children.

With Discovery of Unmarked Graves, Canada’s Indigenous Seek Reckoning

Two gruesome discoveries of what Indigenous groups say are the remains of hundreds of children have strengthened the groups’ resolve to hold the country accountable for a long-hidden brutal history.

Hundreds More Unmarked Graves Found at Former Residential School in Canada

An Indigenous group said the remains of as many as 751 people, mainly children, had been found in unmarked graves on the site of a former boarding school in Saskatchewan.

Hundreds More Unmarked Graves Found at Former Residential School in Canada

An Indigenous group said the remains of as many as 751 people, mainly children, had been found in unmarked graves on the site of a former boarding school in Saskatchewan.

Indigenous People Advance a Dramatic Goal: Reversing Colonialism

Fifty years of patient advocacy, including the shocking discovery of a mass burial site at Kamloops, have secured once-unthinkable gains.

Indigenous People Advance a Dramatic Goal: Reversing Colonialism

Fifty years of patient advocacy, including the shocking discovery of a mass burial site at Kamloops, have secured once-unthinkable gains.

How Thousands of Indigenous Children Vanished in Canada

The discovery of the remains of hundreds of children at the sites of defunct schools in British Columbia and southern Saskatchewan has rekindled discussion of a sinister time in Canada’s history.

‘Horrible History’: Mass Grave of Indigenous Children Reported in Canada

An Indigenous community says it has found evidence that 215 children were buried on the grounds of a British Columbia school, one of the many in Canada set up to forcibly assimilate them.