Event provides comfort and space for residential school survivors

 By Amanda Rabski-McColl  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Residential school survivors gathered together to support one another and share this week. Hosted by Moose Cree First Nation and Kashechewan First Nation, a survivors’ summit was held from Tuesday, Feb 13 to Thursday, Feb. 15 in Timmins, bringing together residential school survivors from northern Ontario and Quebec. “We have initiatives in both communities because both communities have survivors at Horden Hall,” said elder Stella Schimmens, who is from Moose Cree First Nation. “We have three generations of people who went to the school.” Many attendees at this week’s conference are survivors of Bishop Horden Hall, an Anglican residential school in Moose Factory. Indigenous children were sent there from 1906 to 1976. The events focused on giving survivors a chance to share their…

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