We call upon provincial and territorial governments, in collaboration with Survivors and their organizations, and other parties to the Settlement Agreement, to commission and install a publicly accessible, highly visible, Residential Schools Monument in each capital city to honour Survivors and all the children who were lost to their families and communities.
Why “In Progress?”
Winnipeg already has a monument in place near the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and Whitehorse unveiled a monument in Oct. 2018 while others are in currently in process in Toronto and Edmonton. On Jan. 27, 2021 Saskatchewan announced plans to build a Residential School monument at Government House in Regina.
Current Status
April 4, 2022
In Progress
Previous Status
February 14, 2022
In Progress
Latest Updates
Site last updated on August 26, 2021
Provincial/Territory Response to City Monuments
Plans to build permanent memorial in Calgary
APTN – Plans are underway to create a permanent memorial for victims of Canada’s residential schools to replace a fire-damaged one that includes hundreds of children’s……
August 26, 2021
Provincial/Territory Response to City Monuments
Announcement of plans to build monument at Government House
Lieutenant Governor Russ Mirasty and Premier Scott Moe announced plans to construct a permanent, public monument at Government House in Regina to honour those who……
January 27, 2021
Provincial/Territory Response to City Monuments
Monument unveiled at Whitehorse
CBC – A monument unveiled on the Whitehorse waterfront on Thursday offers a place for people to sit and reflect on the residential school history of……
October 11, 2018
Provincial/Territory Response to City Monuments
Toronto “Restoration of Identity” project
Grand Opening – The Indian Residential School Survivors (IRSS) Legacy ‘Restoration of Identity” project recreates the Turtle, symbolic of Mother Earth, acknowledges former IRS students,……
October 9, 2018
Provincial/Territory Response to City Monuments
Announcement that public memorial will be built in Edmonton
City officials announced that a public memorial will be built in Edmonton (Edmonton Journal)…
July 12, 2017
Provincial/Territory Response to City Monuments
Exploratory committee established
A city “exploratory committee” received $200,000 in municipal funding to start the process in 2014, Funds were allocated before the commission released its final report.……
July 12, 2017
Church Commitments to Monuments
Anglican Church of Canada
“I feel bound to draw the attention of all Canadians to a number of those Calls, to deepen our understanding of them, to recommit ourselves……
June 20, 2017
Church Commitments to Monuments
United Church
The United Church would collaborate in any such initiative by a province or territory….
December 1, 2016
Provincial/Territory Response to City Monuments
Monument unveiled in Winnipeg
A monument to honour those who attended residential schools in Canada was unveiled on Monday near the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg (CBC)…
May 26, 2014