Students delve into the history of residential schools

Students delve into the history of residential schools

Indigenous and non-Indigenous students from Mount Stewart Consolidated school are learning about First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples’ history through an essay contest.

Students delve into the history of residential schools - The Turtle Island News

By Pratik Bhattarai, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eastern Graphic Indigenous and non-Indigenous students from Mount Stewart Consolidated school are learning about First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples’ history through an essay contest. Grade 6, 7 and 8 students are writing about the history of Indigenous peoples, especially regarding the residential schools where Indigenous kids were sent, forcefully separating them from their famil…