“Every child matters”. First launched in 2013 by Shuswap author Phyllis Webstad, Orange Shirt Day has its origins in Webstad’s personal story. Interned in a residential school at the age of six, she showed up wearing an orange sweater given by her grandmother....
Eco-anxiety is the phenomenon where some people experience stress over environmental issues. Often discussed in our media, this form of stress also affects Inuit but not in the same way. Photo: Folke Mehrtens / AWI A recently published study focuses on how global...
Not really a laughing matter (Photo: Prime Minister’s Office / Adam Scotti) Canadian justice officials have again made an official request to have a retired priest to be extradited from his home in France to stand trial for sexually abusing Inuit children while...
When school got in the way (Photo: Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) One of the biggest tragedies — aside from the crimes themselves — of what happened in Canada’s residential schools is that many of those who suffered mistreatment while...
