Ile-a-la-Crosse residential school among four featured in Canada Post stamp collection

Activate your Online Access NowFeaturing stark archival images of residential schools in different parts of Canada, Canada Post said the stamps serve as a reminder of the fear, loneliness, pain and shame experienced by generations of Indigenous children in the federally and church-created institutions.

The stamps were unveiled on Wednesday at the Woodland Cultural Centre in Brantford, Ontario. The centre was established in 1972 after the closing of the Mohawk Institute Residential School.National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation The stamp issue includes an Official First Day Cover and a booklet of eight permanent domestic rate stamps. The front of the Official First Day Cover features the Mohawk Institute in Brantford, Ont. — the first school in Canada’s residential school system.Article content

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