IRSHDC
Orange Shirt Day 2021
Watch a video of the event at the Chan Centre for the Arts.
YouTube: A call-to-action for Orange Shirt Day | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Hear from UBC’s Chancellor and President, UBCO Principal and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, and IRSHDC Academic Director
Interview with the Artist
Meet Eliot White-Hill, Kwulasultun and hear about his design ‘Truth’ and what it means to him.
Statement on the federal government’s decision to appoint an independent official to help identify unmarked graves at sites of former residential schools
August 10, 2021 The Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre welcomes the decision by the federal government to seek an “independent special interlocutor” to inform a proper response to missing children and unmarked graves at former residential school sites. We concur that “a legal framework is needed to preserve and protect the rights, respect […]
Statement on Unmarked Graves at the Former Kuper Island Residential School Site
The Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC) at UBC is troubled by the recent finding of over 160 unmarked graves by the Penelakut Tribe, in the area in which the Kuper Island Residential School once operated. It is not yet clear how many of those graves belong to children forced to attend the […]
CBC: Sask. Catholic bishops resurrect fundraising campaign for residential school survivors
Centre Academic Director Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, spoke to CBC News about the Catholic Church in Saskatchewan and their fundraising campaign.
CBC: ‘Where is their soul?’: Inside the failed push to make Catholic Church pay for its residential school abuses
Centre Academic Director Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, spoke to CBC News about the Catholic Church and the residential school settlement.
Globe & Mail: Federal government urged to criminalize mistreatment of graves like those found at residential schools
Centre Academic Director Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, spoke to the Globe and Mail about a human rights framework for mass graves.
Discussion paper looks at the legal and human rights framework for mass graves
The Centre’s latest discussion paper explores mass graves connected to Indian Residential Schools.
CBC: Catholic group gives ‘formal commitment’ to disclose all records from B.C. and Sask. residential schools
Centre Academic Director Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, spoke to CBC News about the recent agreement with the Sisters of St. Ann Archives.