Factbox-Unmarked graves found at Canadian former residential school sites
FILE PHOTO: Shoes sit on the steps of the provincial legislature, placed there following the discovery of the remains of hundreds of children at former indigenous residential schools, on Canada Day in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada July 1, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon VanRaes/File Photo reuters_tickers
This content was published on July 6, 2021 - 22:57
July 6, 2021 - 22:57
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada has been rocked by the disclosures of more than 1,000 unmarked graves at the sites of former residential schools - institutions that were part of an abusive system that the country's Truth and Reconciliation Commission called "cultural genocide" in 2015.