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No suspects in fire that razed trailer used for residential school investigative work – Kelowna Now
Jul 17, 2024 The RCMP is asking for the public’s help after a fire in Alberta destroyed a trailer being used for residential school investigative work. Police say an ATCO trailer burned down in May at the Sacred Heart Cemetery, near the former residential school of the same name in Saddle Lake, Alta., northeast of […]
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Archaeology conference aims to centre Indigenous perspectives in work on ancestral sites – CBC
May 13, 2024 Tying archaeological findings to creation stories would deepen understanding of history, says organizer Beneath the rolling hills around Lethbridge, now tinged with green after the past week’s rain, understanding of the past is lodged in the landscape itself. It’s here, at the city’s university, that archaeologists have gathered to listen and learn […]
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How an Alberta research team is working with Indigenous communities to reclaim land – CBC
Feb 08, 2024 Centre for Boreal Research teaches communities about forest ecology, seed identification, peatland restoration A group of researchers are giving hands-on experience to members of Indigenous communities to teach them how to monitor remediation efforts of oil and gas companies on their traditional lands. NAIT’s Centre for Boreal Research based out of Peace River […]
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Cree leaders, scientists to excavate ‘communal grave’ near former Alberta residential school – Daily Guardian
January 25, 2024 Leaders of the Saddle Lake Cree Nation are planning to unearth a potential mass grave near a former residential school, while accusing the RCMP and medical examiner of negligence and racism. The announcement came after scientists at the International Commission on Missing Persons in The Hague, Netherlands, concluded that a skull found […]
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Government of Canada funds community-based research projects and supports promising practices to address gender-based violence in Alberta
From: Women and Gender Equality Canada October 12, 2023 – Calgary, Alberta Gender-based violence costs women and gender-diverse people their lives and has profound effects on our communities. Understanding and addressing gender-based violence is a crucial step to advancing gender equality in Canada. Today, Lisa Hepfner, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Women and Gender […]
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Survivors’ stories lead to unmarked graves at Beauval Indian residential school – Windspeaker.com
August 30th, 2023 “These are ugly truths that we have to come to grips with in this country. Whether we like it or not, this is happening.” —Saskatchewan Treaty Commissioner Mary Culbertson on denialism of unmarked graves Ninety-three unmarked graves have been identified through ground penetrating radar (GPR) in the cemetery at Beauval Indian residential […]
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Search suggests 88 potential graves at residential school in northern Alberta – CP24
June 29, 2023 Sucker Creek First Nation Chief Roderick Willier remembers never feeling safe during the decade he spent at a residential school in northern Alberta. “I always had to stay on high alert when I was there,” Willier said, as he recalled his time between the age of seven and 17 at St. Bruno’s […]
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Wildfires affecting Indigenous communities disproportionately, researcher explains – CTV News
June 27, 2023 While several Indigenous communities in Alberta start to return, rebuild and recover from devastating wildfires, a Métis fire researcher says Indigenous communities feel the effects sooner and longer. Amy Cardinal Christianson says it’s not an easy process for Indigenous communities to be uprooted from their homes and traditional lands, oftentimes more than […]
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Search for unmarked graves at Blue Quills finds 19 sites that could be unmarked plots – CBC
Apr 19, 2023 Ground-penetrating radar search guided by survivor testimonies WARNING: This story contains distressing details. A search for unmarked graves at the former Blue Quills Residential School in eastern Alberta found 19 sites that contained anomalies consistent with burial plots. The property, located about 150 kilometres northeast of Edmonton, was once a Roman Catholic-run […]
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Lethbridge College Receives $1 Million For Public Safety Research
Lethbridge College has received the largest social sciences research grant in its history, as $1 million in federal research funding will kickstart the college’s public safety applied research program. The funding will allow the college’s researchers to engage with industry partners across policing, corrections, and courts and their associated community service providers to undertake research […]
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