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SASKATOON A Secwépemc elder and residential school survivor says she has taken up the “fight” for grassroots people in raising awareness about residential schools in Canada. Alice Aby, who now lives in Saskatoon with her children, attended St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School in Williams Lake, B.C. from 1961 – 1968. She participated in an online conference held in June in Geneva by the International Human Rights Association of American Minorities. Aby is asking for the United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner to come to Canada and take testimony from grassroots people regarding residential schools. “Speak with our free and public institutions. That means our people, directly with our people and not with statutory leadership.”
VICTORIA The B.C. government has outlined how it plans to use $12 million to support First Nations and residential school survivors, as the country reels from the discovery of hundreds of children s graves at former residential school sites. The province says First Nations communities that are located beside residential school sites can apply for up to $475,000 for work related to residential schools and survivors. That funding can be used for searching former school sites, archival research, engagement work with elders and survivors, and engagement with other communities. The funding can also be used to bolster mental health supports and services for survivors and their families.