Every Child Matters

This week, we are holding space to bear witness and mourn the 215 children whose remains were found at the site of the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. In lieu of the episode we planned to release this week we released this short episode with links to important educational resources, podcasts hosted by Indigenous creators, and organizations to donate to. If it is within your means, please join us in donating to the Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society and the First Nations Caring Society.

Donate:

Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society (BC): https://www.irsss.ca/donate

First Nations Child & Family Caring Society: https://fncaringsociety.com/donate

Reports and Reading:

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada final report: http://www.trc.ca/about-us/trc-findings.html

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation: https://nctr.ca/

Reclaiming Power & Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/

The long history of discrimination against First Nations children: https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/october-2016/the-long-history-of-discrimination-against-first-nations-children/

Podcasts:

The Trauma-Informed Lawyer hosted by Myrna McCallum: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-trauma-informed-lawyer-hosted-by-myrna-mccallum/id1514824294 

Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/missing-murdered-finding-cleo/id1166556648 

Unreserved: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/unreserved/id1030476712