Truth and Reconciliation Commission Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Mon, 08 Jun 2015 00:34:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg Truth and Reconciliation Commission Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Coming To Grips With A Shameful Past https://teachingkidsnews.com/2015/06/07/coming-to-grips-with-a-shameful-past/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2015/06/07/coming-to-grips-with-a-shameful-past/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2015 00:34:17 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=14755 Canada is trying to come to grips with a difficult chapter in its past.
During the 19th and 20th centuries, many First Nations people living in Canada were done a terrible wrong by the federal government.

The post Coming To Grips With A Shameful Past appeared first on Teaching Kids News.

]]> https://teachingkidsnews.com/2015/06/07/coming-to-grips-with-a-shameful-past/feed/ 1 Residential Schools Hearings Wrap Up https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/03/31/1-residential-schools-hearings-wrap/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/03/31/1-residential-schools-hearings-wrap/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2014 01:38:58 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=12745 A commission that will document one of the darkest periods in Canada's history is wrapping up and will report on its findings next year.

Since 2010, The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has been gathering information from First Nations, Inuit and Metis people who were forced to take part in Canada's "residential (boarding) schools" program.

The post Residential Schools Hearings Wrap Up appeared first on Teaching Kids News.

]]> https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/03/31/1-residential-schools-hearings-wrap/feed/ 1