Canadian residential schools

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Canadian_residential_schools
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf system of boarding schools
gptkbp:apologyBy gptkb:Government_of_Canada
June 11, 2008
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Truth_and_Reconciliation_Commission_of_Canada
gptkb:National_Centre_for_Truth_and_Reconciliation
gptkbp:commemoratedBy September 30
gptkbp:commemorates gptkb:National_Day_for_Truth_and_Reconciliation
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:Final_Report_of_the_Truth_and_Reconciliation_Commission
gptkbp:endDate 1996
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Canadian residential schools
gptkbp:knownFor cultural genocide
forced removal of children
abuse and neglect
gptkbp:lastSchoolClosed gptkb:Gordon_Indian_Residential_School
gptkbp:legacy intergenerational trauma
gptkbp:location gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Shubenacadie_Indian_Residential_School
gptkb:St._Anne's_Indian_Residential_School
gptkb:Kamloops_Indian_Residential_School
gptkbp:numberOfChildrenAttended over 150,000
gptkbp:numberOfSchools over 130
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Government_of_India
Christian churches
gptkbp:purpose assimilation of Indigenous children
gptkbp:relatedGroup First Nations children
Inuit children
Métis children
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Sixties_Scoop
Indigenous people
Day Schools
gptkbp:resultedIn Calls to Action (TRC)
gptkbp:startDate 1830s
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Secret_Path
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7