Hey Guys
First of I am of indigenous heritage, my mother is a survivor of the residential school system. Though I lost her to cancer at a young age she was able to share with me a few of her experiences. Its difficult to share those stories for no one wants to think that their loved one having to endure such pain. I wont mention these stories here but if you wish to learn of a few, please PM me.
This is a part of history and a part of our fabric as a nation, dark as it may seem. Thousands of children died in residential schools and their bodies rarely returned home. Many were buried in neglected graves. Canada's residential school system forcibly took children from their families and placed them in institutions rife with physical, mental and sexual abuse. These were children, trusting little spirits who believed in their hearts that it would all work out and in the end tragically it did not.
What makes me proud is how our schools today are treating this subject. I grew up learning of pioneers and settlers who endured their own hardships and earned their rightful places in our history. For the first time, schools are teaching more than what you can learn in a simple vignette about Canada.
https://www.todaysparent.com/family/parenting/these-quotes-from-residential-school-survivors-can-help-kids-and-parents-understand-their-experiences/
This is not a political subject guys, the outpouring of grief and pain this nation is experiencing is overwhelming at times. We have to provide the hope and the vision that we can learn from the past and as a country, never go back there.