In a news release, the province says the funding will help First Nations identify, investigate, document, maintain, protect or commemorate residential school sites where children s remains may be located.
It says the province, the federal government and B.C. s First Nations Health Authority are working with a number of nations that have requested assistance in determining the next steps for removing structures and searching other sites.
It says those nations include the Tk emlúps te Secwépemc, whose leadership announced the finding in Kamloops last month, and the Daylu Dena Council in Lower Post, where a former residential school is slated for demolition.
B C First Nations receive $12 million for residential school investigations
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B C provides $12 million to First Nations investigating former residential schools
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B.C. First Nations are advocating for a more equitable approach to the provincial immunization plan - one that doesn t discriminate between people who live on or off-reserve. (Greg Lovett /Northwest Florida Daily News/The Associated Press)
First Nations leaders in B.C. say the province s updated COVID-19 immunization plan deviates from national guidelines that priority should be given to all Indigenous adults within the first two stages of vaccine rollout.
The current guidance from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization states adults in Indigenous communities should be prioritized in stage one and adults in or from Indigenous communities, including those living in urban centres, should be prioritized in stage two.