Provincial government names First Nations liaisons to support response on residential school sites theturtleislandnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theturtleislandnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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.
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VANCOUVER - The B.C. government says it will provide immediate funding to 21 First Nation communities to help with searches for human remains at former residential schools or hospitals.
A rock with the message Every Child Matters painted on it sits at a memorial outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, in Kamloops, B.C., on Thursday, July 15, 2021. The B.C. government says it will fund 21 First Nation communities where there were residential schools or former hospitals. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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A rock with the message Every Child Matters painted on it sits at a memorial outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, in Kamloops, B.C., on Thursday, July 15, 2021. The B.C. government says it will fund 21 First Nation communities where there were residential schools or former hospitals. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck July 20, 2021 - 4:59 PM
VANCOUVER - The B.C. government says it will provide immediate funding to 21 First Nation communities to help with searches for human remains at former residential schools or hospitals.
Murray Rankin, the minister of Indigenous relations and reconciliation, said on Tuesday that each community can receive up to $475,000 as it carries out searches, planning, technical work and archival research, while also engaging with elders, survivors and other First Nations that have an interest in an area.
B C provides funding to First Nation communities for residential school searches kitchenertoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kitchenertoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.