Residential school survivors ‘overjoyed’ about return of travel funding for counselling in North
By Sarah St-Pierre Worries linger about what comes when funding runs out at end of fiscal year Joanne Charney said
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Travel funding cut to residential school counselling program leaves clients without closure in N.W.T., Nunavut
By Sarah St-Pierre Counsellors contracted under a federal program found out travel funding was being cut on Friday Mental health
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Residential school survivors reflect on the legacy of Pope Francis
By Jackie McKay WARNING: This story contains details of experiences at residential schools. The first time Piita Irniq was on
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How N.W.T. communities are caring for survivors this Truth and Reconciliation day
This year, there will be a trained mental health counsellor at Truth and Reconciliation events in Fort Good Hope, N.W.T.
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Fort Simpson, N.W.T., parents want answers after teacher allegedly hit 8-year-old
A family in Fort Simpson, N.W.T., is reeling after an incident at the community’s elementary school last month, and community
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Search for graves at Yukon residential school site planned for this summer
WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. The first ground search for unmarked graves at a former
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Canadian Inuit and Métis leaders met cardinals, Vatican officials to pursue justice
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Métis and Inuit leaders, who met the Pope at the Vatican last week, return
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Failed Danish social experiment haunts Greenlandic survivors taken from families 70 years ago
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Helene Thiesen says she froze when it came time to wave goodbye to her
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