Canada Indigenous Schools

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  Canada To Pay $2 Billion To Abuse Survivors From Indigenous Communities

  Canada will pay hundreds of Indigenous communities more than $2 billion in compensation for nearly a century of abuse suffered by children in residential schools, its government has announced.

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  At $2.09 Billion, Canada Settles Indigenous Residential Schools Lawsuit

  Canada has reached an agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit, seeking compensation for the loss of language and culture brought on by Indian residential schools, for C$2.8 billion ($2.09 billion).

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  "It Was Genocide": Pope On Abuse At Canada's Church-Run Indigenous Schools

  Pope Francis said on Saturday that what happened at residential schools that the Roman Catholic and other Christian Churches ran to forcefully assimilate Canada's indigenous children was genocide.

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  Pope Francis Ends Canada Trip With Apology To Inuit People

  Pope Francis ended his trip to Canada Friday as he began, by apologizing to Indigenous survivors of Catholic-run schools where children were abused over a span of decades, after meeting with Inuit people in the Canadian Arctic.

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  "I Once More Ask Forgiveness": Pope Francis On Sexual Abuse At Canadian Schools

  Pope Francis on Thursday asked for forgiveness for sexual abuse at Canadian schools for indigenous children run by Catholic orders, addressing a deep wound that many survivors wanted him to acknowledge during his apology tour in Canada.

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  Canadian Leaders Tell Pope Of Horrors Of Church-Run Indigenous Scools

  Canada's leaders on Wednesday pointedly told Pope Francis of the horrors of Church-run residential schools for indigenous and the pontiff lamented that many were still living in poverty in one of the world's richest countries.

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  Pope Francis Apologises To Canada's Indigenous People For School Abuse

  Pope Francis on Monday apologized for the "evil" inflicted on the Indigenous peoples of Canada on the first day of a visit focused on addressing decades of abuse at Catholic-run residential schools.

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  Pope Francis To Visit Canada School To Apologise For "Cultural Genocide"

  Pope Francis will visit a former residential school in Canada on Monday, where he is expected to make a historic personal apology to Indigenous survivors of abuse committed over decades at the Catholic-run institutions.

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  Pope's Canada Trip Today To Apologise To Indigenous Survivors Of School Abuse

  Pope Francis heads to Canada on Sunday for a chance to personally apologise to Indigenous survivors of abuse committed over a span of decades at residential schools run by the Catholic Church.

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  Indigenous Canadians Hopeful Ahead Of Pope's Apology For School Abuse

  For decades, trauma has lingered in the tiny Indigenous Canadian community of Maskwacis. But some hope to finally find a degree of closure during a visit by Pope Francis to apologise for the Church's role in a century of abuse.

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  Pope's Apology To Canada's Indigenous A "Step Forward": Justin Trudeau

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday welcomed Pope Francis's apology to Canada's Indigenous peoples for a century of abuses committed at Church-run residential schools in this country, calling it a "step forward."

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  Pope Apologises To Canada's Indigenous For Abuse At Church-Run Schools

  Pope Francis apologised Friday for abuse committed at church-run residential schools in Canada, telling Indigenous delegations at the Vatican it caused him "pain and shame".

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  "Tough Time": More Unmarked Graves Found Near Canada's Indigenous School

  An Indigenous community in Canada's Saskatchewan province announced Tuesday the discovery of 54 unmarked graves at two former residential schools, adding to a growing tally of such burials that shocked the nation last year.

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  After Children's Graves Shocker, 93 More Potentially Found In Canada School

  An Indigenous community in Canada has identified nearly 100 "potential" graves at a residential school site, months after the discovery of hundreds of children's remains at former boarding schools rocked the country.

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  Canada's Justin Trudeau To Visit Community Where Children's Graves Were Found

  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to visit the indigenous community of Kamloops where the remains of 215 children were found in May at a former residential school, it was announced Friday.