While this topic is of crucial importance, there is discussion on the discovery of a mass burial site at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.

The remains of 215 children have been found on the site.

The bulk of the discussion is an overview of the Residential School system and its legacies however there is discussion about this gruesome and shameful “discovery” of the horrors of the system of Canadian colonization

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No long winded notes today.

We stand with the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc peoples during and after this shocking time, we stand with all First Nation peoples who are undertaking similar efforts in their lands: https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/funds-raised-to-scan-grounds-of-island-residential-schools-for-unmarked-graves-1.24325759

In Solidarity

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Important Phone Numbers:

The B.C. KUU-US Crisis Line Society also has 24-hour services available toll-free at 1-800-588-8717. A youth line is also available at 250-723-2040, and an adult line is available at 250-723-4050

Indian Residential School Survivors and Family Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419 https://www.irsss.ca/

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Links to the Research:

84-year-old survivor of Kamloops residential school: 'There was rumors of a graveyard' CTV •31 May, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqaDpjYLch8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_residential_schools_in_Canada

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-kamloops-residential-school-mass-graves-215-children-explainer/

Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc https://tkemlups.ca

Indian Residential School Survivors Society: https://www.irsss.ca/

UBC Indian and Residential School History and Dialogue Center https://irshdc.ubc.ca/

UBC Thesis on Kamloops: https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/undergraduateresearch/52966/items/1.0076003

Concordia Thesis: Filming and Film Exhibitions

https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/981752/1/Hughes_PhD_F2016.pdf