UBC apologizes for role in residential school system

Various media outlets reported on UBC President Santa J. Ono’s statement of apology for the university’s involvement in the system that supported the operation of Indian residential schools in Canada.

Ono read the statement at the opening of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at UBC.

Stories appeared on GlobalMaclean’s, Inside Higher EducationGeorgia StraightVancouver Courier, Roundhouse Radio and Daily Hive. A Canadian Press story appeared on CTVGlobe and Mail, National PostNews 1130, Richmond NewsCastanetTimes Colonist, Vancouver Courier and North Shore News.