B.C. government providing $12M to support First Nations investigating residential school sites

The British Columbia government has allocated $12 million to support First Nations across the province with investigative work at former residential school sites.

“Finding evidence of a burial site for children who attended the former Kamloops residential school was a stark reminder of the atrocities of the Canadian residential school system and how those continue to be felt to this day,” Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Murray Rankin said.“Many other sites throughout the province and country are still the source of unanswered questions and terrible pain.

“The provision of these funds for immediate use by First Nations in the aftermath of discoveries of remains at residential school sites is an important first step in supporting the resiliency and healing of B.C. First Nations people,” First Nations Health Council chair Charlene Belleau said.

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