A brief history of Vancouver Island’s five residential schools, and the children who died there

WARNING: This story contains graphic content related to violence and racism, and may be disturbing to some readers. The discovery of 215 children’s remains at a residential school in Kamloops has brought Canadians to a painful reckoning with the racist, violent legacy of the country’s residential schools, many of which were in operation in most … Continue reading A brief history of Vancouver Island’s five residential schools, and the children who died there