By Jeff Pelletier Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A panel of young adults spoke of how intergenerational trauma from residential schools continues to impact their lives and communities, on the final day of the National Gathering on Unmarked Burials in Iqaluit. Four young people, two of them Nunavummiut, told their stories and also shared messages of hope on Thursday afternoon. The panel was one of the final events at the three-day gathering organized by the office of Kimberly Murray, the federally appointed special interlocutor for missing children and unmarked graves and burial sites. While the focus was on northern voices, the gathering was attended by representatives from Inuit, First Nations and Metis communities from across Canada. Pakak Picco of Iqaluit, one of the youth panelists, emotionally described dealing with the loss…
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