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After the apologies: Churches give time and money to redress residential-school wrongs
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024
Although public apologies occurred in the 1980s and 1990s, it wasn’t until 2006 that a class-action lawsuit – the largest in Canadian history – brought about the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, which recognized the damage done to Indigenous children placed in these schools… In addition to their responsibility to fulfil the 2006 agreement, churches have made efforts to fundraise for programs that don’t fall within the agreement’s mandates.
Tags: ideology, Indigenous, participation, rights, standard of living
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