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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.
“Today, we stand with former students, survivors, intergenerational survivors and their families,” Belleau said.
“We are ready to support communities as they do the difficult work of honouring the spirits of the children who never came home. I am pleased to take on this role and support leaders, former students of residential schools and their families in their journey to bring truth, justice and healing.”
Belleau is the former Chief of Esk’etemc First Nation about 50 kilometres south of Williams Lake, and former chair of the First Nations Health Council.
Hwitsum previously served four terms as the elected Chief of the Cowichan Tribes. Hwitsum also served as chair of the First Nations Health Authority and is a First Nations Summit Political Executive member.
The special rapporteur would advise on a legal framework to investigate human rights violations and other crimes
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Publishing date: Jul 20, 2021 • 7 hours ago • 4 minute read • Shoes, flowers, and stuffed animals sit outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School where flowers and cards have been left as part of a growing makeshift memorial to honour the 215 children whose remains have been discovered buried near the facility in Kamloops. Photo by COLE BURSTON /AFP via Getty Images
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Indigenous leaders, organizations, scholars and lawyers are calling on the federal and provincial governments to appoint a special rapporteur and a special prosecutor to bring justice for the victims and survivors of Indian Residential Schools.
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