Residential Schools Missing Children Community Support Funding
  • The Residential Schools missing children community support fund was created to help locate, document, maintain, and commemorate the sites where former residential school students were buried, and to help respond to the wishes of families who lost their children in this way.
  • Following the recent findings of further unmarked graves and burial sites in/near Residential Schools around the country, the Canadian government investment over $320 million into the fund.
  • This page includes how to access the funding and eligible activities, and more information on the community support fund.
Citation

Canada. Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Residential schools missing children - community support funding. 2021. https://rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1622742779529/1628608766235

Further Readings

For more information on the new findings of unmarked mass graves: https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/july-2021/residential-schools-we-should-read-the-commission-reports/
For a short film to Honour First Nations Children: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MA_7Iiie9E&t=6s

Policy Sub-Topic
Residential Schools and Reconciliation (Indigenous Peoples)
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