Advocates say governments and other institutions must share more data, such as school records, to understand the number of missing children.
Back to videoThe chair was reserved for former students who never returned home from those schools. And Belleau’s prayer was for her grandfather, who attended St. Joseph’s Mission in Williams Lake but committed suicide at age eight.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
for Missing Children, Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites Associated with Indian Residential Schools. This one, held in Vancouver, focuses on efforts by Indigenous people to gain access to data, such as school attendance records held by the national archives and other institutions, so they can better understand the extent of this tragedy.Article content
In B.C., and across Canada, ground-penetrating radar and other technology have discovered potential unmarked graves at the sites of multiple residential schools. These include 215 areas of interest at the former Kamloops Residential School and 160 at the former Kuper Island school on Penelakut Island, north of Salt Spring.Article content
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