Canadian Indian residential school system

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_system
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical education system
gptkbp:apologyBy gptkb:Government_of_Canada
June 11, 2008
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:National_Day_for_Truth_and_Reconciliation
September 30
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:Final_Report_of_the_Truth_and_Reconciliation_Commission
gptkbp:endDate 1996
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Canadian Indian residential school system
gptkbp:knownFor cultural genocide
abuse and neglect
gptkbp:lastSchoolClosed gptkb:Gordon_Indian_Residential_School
gptkbp:legacy intergenerational trauma
loss of language and culture
gptkbp:numberOfChildrenAttended over 150,000
gptkbp:numberOfSchools over 130
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Government_of_Canada
Christian churches
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:purpose assimilation of Indigenous children
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:Cree
Indigenous people
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Sixties_Scoop
gptkb:Reconciliation_in_Canada
Indigenous people
gptkbp:startDate 1830s
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Truth_and_Reconciliation_Commission_of_Canada
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Residential_schools_in_Canada
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5