Shubenacadie Residential School

• Residential school survivors in N.S. share stories in new video for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

  Residential school survivors in Nova Scotia are sharing their stories in a new video to mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30th.

  Canada

  Sep 30, 2023
  
• Students plant orange flags to honour Shubenacadie residential school survivors

  More than 500 students gathered at a former residential school to plant 15,000 orange flags in memory of those who went to the former Shubenacadie Residential School.

  Canada

  Sep 28, 2023
  
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• ‘Stripped of love’: Mi’kmaw woman shares story of years in residential school

  Rosemary Paul, who friends and family call Ducy, says she's been thinking about her past as Friday, the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, approached.

  Canada

  Sep 30, 2022
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• N.S. residential school survivors hold Freedom March to mark Indigenous Peoples Day

  In honour of Indigenous Peoples Day, residential school survivors returned to the former Shubenacadie site to reclaim their culture in the very place where it was stripped away.

  Canada

  Jun 21, 2022
• Pope’s apology means ‘nothing’ without action: N.S. Indian day school survivor

  Violet Paul says the Pope's apology is a step forward but has little meaning without action to right the wrongs that led to decades of suffering for Indigenous people.

  Canada

  Apr 2, 2022
• Meet a Mi’kmaw elder seeking a formal apology from Pope Francis over residential school abuse

  Phyllis Googoo is a Mi'kmaw elder and who is part of an Indigenous delegation meeting with Pope Francis this week in Vatican City.

  Features

  Mar 28, 2022
• Mount Saint Vincent University apologizes for ties to residential school system

  The school's founders and previous owners, the Sisters of Charity Halifax, had members who staffed residential schools in Nova Scotia and British Columbia.

  Canada

  Oct 20, 2021
• Mi’kmaw women and residential school survivors share lifelong bond

  Survivors of the residential school site in Shubenacadie, N.S. remain close friends more than 60 years later.

  Features

  Sep 30, 2021
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• Search at former Shubenacadie Residential School site in N.S. fails to find any unmarked graves

  The First Nation's chief, Mike Sack, told members of the local Mi'kmaq community the search will resume if new information comes forward.

  Canada

  Aug 4, 2021
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• Ground search for burial sites at Former Shubenacadie Residential School begins

  Ground-penetrating radar search has begun at the site of the former Shubenacadie Residentail School to find any evidence of burial sites.

  Canada

  Jun 5, 2021