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The Story of a National Crime
Peter Henderson Bryce was a medical doctor, civil servant and public health expert. In 1907, after surveying 35 residential schools, he submitted a report to the Department of Indian Affairs detailing clear connections between Residential Schools, tuberculosis and high student mortality rates. His recommendations fell on deaf ears and would not be revealed publicly until he was forced to retire. Fifteen years after his initial report, he published an 18-page “appeal for justice”—a pamphlet containing his findings and recommendations, and condemning the government’s lack of action to address illness and death in the Residential School System and First Nation communities. Indigenous peoples continued to experience disproportionate impacts of tuberculosis for years to come. Eventual federal intervention involved a confusing web of enforced medical care leaving Survivors and patients’ families to seek answers and closure.
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The Legacy of Hope Foundation Presents – Roots & Hoots Episode 75: with Douglas Sinclair
The Legacy of Hope Foundation Presents – Roots & Hoots Episode 75: with Douglas Sinclair (Ottawa, ON) – March 10, 2026 – On this week’s episode of Roots and Hoots, we are joined by Douglas Sinclair, a member of Peguis First Nation in Treaty 1 Territory. Douglas is the publisher and founder of Indigenous Watchdog, a vital online resource which reports on the status of Truth and Reconciliation in Canada, and holds stakeholders accountable to progress made in real time. This episode is highly informative and instructive in terms of what stands in the way of making Truth and Reconciliation a lived reality for Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Douglas speaks about the journey to developing this novel website. With a background in technology, and a desire to use his skills in research and technology to track and promote Truth and Reconciliation, Douglas launched the initial Indigenous Watchdog website in 2020 - five years after the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Summary Report in 2015. Every detail of how the Indigenous Watchdog website operates was meticulously planned. It revolves around three guiding principles; that it be “distinctions-based” and address issues specific to First Nations, Inuit and Métis; that it cover all stakeholders including all levels of government, churches, universities and colleges, business etc.. and that it covers all 22 Call to Action themes along with eight additional Indigenous critcal issues (such as drinking water advisories, suicide prevention and
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Since 2000, we have worked with Survivors, Indigenous communities, researchers, curators, and educators to develop educational resources to increase public awareness and knowledge of the history and effects of the Residential School System and the ongoing experiences Indigenous Peoples continue to face. Our projects include mobile exhibitions, websites, applications, publications, and several bilingual curriculums, including a program called Generations Lost–The Residential School System in Canada.
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SimpliCanada has developed a distinctly Indigenous artisanal collaboration project that will support Residential School Survivors through the Legacy of Hope Foundation. Each Mindful Maple Leaf is a uniquely carved labradorite pocket-stone produced at a Nunatsiavut-based workshop that adheres to the Indigenous principles of artists and crafts people.
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