Media Coverage
Sask. Catholic bishops resurrect fundraising campaign for residential school survivors
Centre Academic Director Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, spoke to CBC News about the Catholic Church in Saskatchewan and their fundraising campaign.
‘Where is their soul?’: Inside the failed push to make Catholic Church pay for its residential school abuses
Centre Academic Director Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, spoke to CBC News about the Catholic Church and the residential school settlement.
Federal government urged to criminalize mistreatment of graves like those found at residential schools
Centre Academic Director Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, spoke to the Globe and Mail about a human rights framework for mass graves.
Catholic group gives ‘formal commitment’ to disclose all records from B.C. and Sask. residential schools
Centre Academic Director Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, spoke to CBC News about the recent agreement with the Sisters of St. Ann Archives.
Calls grow for ‘rigorous review’ of honorary degree recipients as Senate considers revoking O’Grady degree
Centre Academic Director Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, spoke to The Ubyssey about honorary degrees at UBC.
Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs applies to intervene in case against VPD for handcuffing Indigenous pair
Centre Academic Director Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, is featured in a CBC article about a human rights case.
Daphne Bramham: Indigenous children continue to be failed in government ‘care’
Centre Academic Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki Kwe, was quoted by the Vancouver Sun about the Proportions of Indigenous children in care and adoption plans.
Video shows Alberta child-services employee shout profanities at Indigenous advocate
Centre director Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, spoke to The Globe and Mail about Alberta children’s services employee video circulating online.
Musqueam chief wants to know about boy who went missing from St. Paul’s Indian Residential School
Centre researcher David McAtackney spoke to the Vancouver Sun about St. Paul’s residential school in North Vancouver.
Experts: Lack of care in residential schools further complicate identifying children found in unmarked graves
Dr. Tricia Logan, head of research and engagement at the Centre, spoke to CTV News about Survivor testimony and Kamloops Residential School.
National library apologizes for online content that excluded Indigenous people
Centre Academic Director Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, spoke to The Star about Library Archives Canada’s website.
Gruesome boarding school discovery forces Canada to reckon with its cultural genocide history
Centre Director Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, spoke to PRI’s The World about Canada’s duty to respond to recent events in Kamloops.
Why no one knows how many children died inside Canada’s residential schools
Dr. Tricia Logan, head of research and engagement at the Centre, spoke to PressProgress about the recent discovery at Kamloops.
How does Canada address the trauma caused to Indigenous Peoples by residential schools?
Dr. Tricia Logan, head of research and engagement at the Centre, spoke to the Adam Stirling Show at 1070 News.
Dr. Tricia Logan on the discovery of a mass gravesite at a former residential school in Kamloops
Tricia Logan spoke to 570 News in Ontario about the recent discovery in Kamloops.
Identifying children’s remains at B.C. residential school stalled by lack of records
Centre Academic Director Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, spoke to The Canadian Press about the recent discovery in Kamloops.
Canada pressured to find all unmarked Indigenous graves after children’s remains found
Centre Academic Director, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, spoke to NBC News about the lack of records for Kamloops Indian Residential School.
Murray Sinclair calls for inquiry into residential school burial sites, more support for survivors
“You shouldn’t be investigating your own genocide. It’s just not the way the law works, and it’s not the honourable thing for Canada,” Centre Academic Director Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-Kwe) told CBC News.
Calls for Pope to apologize for residential schools persist after Vancouver bishop’s statement
Dr. Tricia Logan, head of research and engagement at the Centre, spoke to News 1130 about the role of the Catholic Church in residential schools.
Ottawa says it’s not liable for cultural damage caused by Kamloops residential school: court documents
Centre Academic Director Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, spoke to CBC News about the damages of residential schools.