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City of Calgary partners with Fort Calgary to build residential school memorial

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The city said it started working on a permanent memorial after the discovery of 215 potential unmarked graves at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.

announced a partnership to build and design a permanent memorial for residential school survivors.

A temporary memorial was placed in front of City Hall soon after the announcement, which the city said made the need for a permanent memorial more evident. The city and Fort Calgary signed a letter of intent to confirm the partnership earlier this week, according to the news release. Fort Calgary was chosen as the site of the memorial after broad community engagement throughout 2022 because it is at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers.A marker indicating the site of the future memorial has been placed in the northeast corner of the Fort Calgary community garden.

 

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