Kamloops Indian Residential School

Discussion paper looks at the legal and human rights framework for mass graves

The Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC) at UBC has released a new discussion paper exploring considerations for addressing missing children, unmarked burials and mass graves at residential schools. 

Jun 28, 2021

Statement of the Vancouver Senate Tributes Committee

Statement of the Vancouver Senate Tributes Committee

The Vancouver Senate Tributes Committee expresses its deep sympathies to the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc and other Indigenous Peoples of Canada.

Jun 10, 2021

Image of Kamloops School, courtesy of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.

Concerted national action overdue for all the children who never came home from residential schools

The discovery of an unmarked mass burial site at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School highlights the urgent need for a concerted national response on behalf of all the children who were stolen from their families and who never returned home.

Jun 2, 2021