Posted: Jun 02, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: June 2
Indigenous support centres offer help after discovery of unmarked burial sites at former residential school
CBC News Ottawa3 hours ago
1:20Mary Daoust, executive director of Minwaashin Lodge, says it’s important for Indigenous residents to have somewhere to turn as the discovery of 215 children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School leaves some grappling with trauma.1:20
As coverage of the discovery of the remains of 215 children at a former residential school in B.C. continues, Indigenous agencies in Ottawa are supporting people here who are grappling with the trauma. Lots of heavy hearts, lots of prayers and ceremony and smudging to keep the individual grounded, said Mary Daoust, executive director of Minwaashin Lodge. Many people are actually in the moment walking this journey with those little 215 spirits that have just been freed.
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Alpena Public Schools Executive Director of Human Resources Matt Poli, Human Resources Generalist Raelyn Wilber, and Human Resources Administrative Assistant Leslie Reynolds converse recently at the district’s Central Office.
ALPENA A growing number of Alpena Public Schools employees have either resigned or retired over the past five years.
Nine employees retired or resigned in 2015. This year, 68 had left as of Sept. 21, according to information The News obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Three letters of resignation approved by the school board in September indicated the employee resigned because of COVID-19 or the way the pandemic had impacted his or her life, according to documents The News obtained through FOIA, but most departures are because of cyclical retirement trends, district officials say.