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The first conference for residential school survivors
In 1928, a government official predicted Canada would end its "Indian problem" within two generations. Church-run, government-funded residential schools for native children were supposed to prepare them for life in white society. But the aims of assimilation meant devastation for those who were subjected to physical, sexual and emotional abuse. Decades later, aboriginal people began to share their stories and demand acknowledgement of — and compensation for — their stolen childhoods.
Program: As It Happens
Broadcast Date: June 18, 1991
Guest(s): Bev Sellers
Host: Alan Maitland
Duration: 6:00
Last updated: December 4, 2012
Page consulted on March 28, 2013
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