The Canadian government has launched a new interactive online map pinpointing the locations of residential schools, and experts say it will help in the search for unmarked or forgotten graves of children forced to go to the institutions.Approximately 150,000 First Nations, Inuit and Métis were removed from their families and forced to attend federally funded residential schools for more than a century.
Martindale said it's challenging to get information from jurisdictions about the history of former residential school land, including how it changed and the names of the the landowners. "The more information that is out there for communities, the better," said Murray. "But I do think that Canada hasn't gone far enough in what it's made available."
The tool doesn't list Indian hospitals, tuberculosis sanatoriums, day schools or boarding schools not funded by the federal government. Despite the missing information, Logan said the data the government has made available could help counter misinformation and disinformation about residential schools,
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