Unearthing the truth about residential schools goes beyond digging up potential mass graves, experts say

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Ghazal Azizi, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

10 Jun 2026 • 5 min read

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Moccasins to honour thousands of missing and dead Indigenous children at the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal in Montreal. (The Canadian Press/Christinne Muschi)

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