No amount of government restitution can repay the damage done throughout history to Canada's First Nation, Inuit and Metis people. Just because official apologies have been issues and token amounts of money handed out, doesn't mean that we stop talking about the issues and concerns that continue to plague Canada's first peoples. A fantastic teacher in our board sent me three links to some very compelling articles from the Toronto Star. These are great resources for teachers to use:
www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/732447--high-arctic-exiles-still-feel-raw
www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/732175--inuit-were-moved-2-000-km-in-cold-war-manoeuvring
www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/732446--her-quest-for-justice-started-early
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