The Catholic religious community that operated residential schools in Saskatchewan and British Columbia where hundreds of unmarked graves have been found says it will disclose all historical documents it has.
The Missionary of Oblates of Mary Immaculate operated 48 schools, including the Marieval Indian Residential School at the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan and the Kamloops Indian Residential School in B.C.
Get breaking National news
In a statement, the Oblates say they have worked to make historical documents available through universities, archives and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
- Canada welcomes EU leaders to Montreal for talks on next steps in relationship
- Fire at New Brunswick military base not threat to public: defence officials
- ‘Local Governance 101’ Okanagan community’s first-ever council trains ahead of inaugural meeting
- Family of soldier badly burned at CFB Wainwright speaks about his injuries
They say the work is not complete because of complications with provincial and national privacy laws.
The statement from the Oblates asks for guidance from organizations on how to navigate those laws.
Indigenous leaders and others have been calling for the release of all documents related to residential schools.
More to come.
Comments
Comments closed.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.
Please see our Commenting Policy for more.