For over 130 years, until 1996, over 100,000 Canada's First Nations children were required to attend government-funded Christian schools. These residential schools, with 80 across the country, separated children from families and traditional land.
We Were Children
Canada's First Nations children were forcibly sent to government-funded Christian schools from 1843 to 1996, with over 100,000 students attending 80 "residential schools" across the country.
Stream We Were Children
