Residential Schools
Who went to them? - First Nations, Metis, and Inuit.
What? - Residential schools were boarding schools maintained by the Canadian government for First Nations and Inuit children from sparsely populated settlements.
When? - 1883 was when the first three Aboriginal schools were opened in the Canadian West.
Where? - All over Canada but mostly in the Canadian West.
Why? - To assimilate the First Nations into the Canadian way of living.
"In order to educate the children properly we must separate them from their families. Some people may say that this is hard but if we want to civilize them we must do that."
- Hector Langevin (Public Work Minister)
What? - Residential schools were boarding schools maintained by the Canadian government for First Nations and Inuit children from sparsely populated settlements.
When? - 1883 was when the first three Aboriginal schools were opened in the Canadian West.
Where? - All over Canada but mostly in the Canadian West.
Why? - To assimilate the First Nations into the Canadian way of living.
"In order to educate the children properly we must separate them from their families. Some people may say that this is hard but if we want to civilize them we must do that."
- Hector Langevin (Public Work Minister)
How? - Sir John A. Macdonald, who was both Canada's prime minister and minister of Indian Affairs, moved a measure through his cabinet authorizing the creation of three residential schools for Aboriginal children in the Canadian West.