Author: Olivier Mougeot

LETTER FROM MONTREAL Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets Inuit on the occasion of the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, September 30, 2024. JASON FRANSON / AP September 30 in Canada signifies a day of “truth and reconciliation” with Indigenous communities, honoring the children who never returned home from residential schools. The day serves as a reminder of the tragic history and ongoing impacts of these schools that forcibly took more than 150,000 Indigenous children. Efforts to locate missing children and unmarked graves from these schools are ongoing, with organizations like the Survivors’ Secretariat leading…