Tag Archives: residential schools

This week’s crème de la crème — June 18, 2022

Some if the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsTrue crime, the Wing Sang Co., and police records: A trip to the City of Vancouver Archives by Linda Yip on Past Presence. New Items in BC Historical Books Collection by Kin … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — May 21, 2022

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsNotaries of Montreal 1760-1791 by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble. Military Monday: Documenting Canadian Military Personnel Who Were Prisoners of War During World War One or World War Two by Glenn Wright … Continue reading

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Catholic archdiocese digitizes Alberta residential school photos

The Catholic Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan, with funding from Library and Archives Canada’s Documentary Heritage Communities Program, has digitized and uploaded to its website almost 3,000 photos pertaining to life on the residential schools in northwestern Alberta. The photos are organized … Continue reading

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United Church of Canada to fund identification of unmarked Indigenous graves

The United Church of Canada is making funds available to support the work of Indigenous communities in the identification of unmarked graves, knowledge gathering, and ceremony to honour the children who died in its care at 15 residential schools.  It is also … Continue reading

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Canadian Historical Association concerned about Catholic Church’s removal of residential school records to Rome

In an open letter sent yesterday to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Historical Association called on the federal government to ensure that historical records of Indian Residential Schools, held by the government, archival institutions, and religious institutions be fully … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — July 3, 2021

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsWas Your Ancestor a Ship Owner? Ship’s Registries at the LAC by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. The Registry of Deeds in Ireland by Jenny Joyce on Jennyalogy. FindMyPast adds more … Continue reading

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Indigenous family history research and a new $18 million cultural centre at Algoma University

Last week Jenna Lemay delivered an excellent presentation on How to Research Indigenous Ancestors in Northern Ontario, hosted by the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre (SRSC) within Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. In the webinar, Ms. Lemay, who is … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — March 6, 2021

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsHow to Search for Enfranchisement Records by Jasmine Charette on Library and Archives Canada Blog. History and memory of the seigneurial regime in Quebec by Olivier Guimond on Borealia. LAC Departmental Plan 2021-22 … Continue reading

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Canadian government hands over residential school cemetery

One of Canada’s most tragic stories is the residential school system where children from Indigenous communities were taken from their families to attend residential schools often located thousands of kilometres away. There, the children were forced to forget their culture … Continue reading

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Catholic archdiocese in Alberta to open residential school photo archives to public

Thanks to a $23,389 grant from Library and Archives Canada’s Documentary Heritage Communities Program, the Catholic Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan in Grande Prairie, Alberta will open residential school photo archives to the public. The group plans to share more than 3,000 photos it gathered … Continue reading

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