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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* Although Stephen Harper apologized for the residential school system, he refused to apologize for the residential schools in Newfoundland and Labrador, as the province did not become a part of Canada until 1949 and none of the schools were federally funded. | * It is widely believed that the Gordon residential school in Saskatchewan was the last of the residential schools to close in 1996. However, in 2019, the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) found that the Kivaliq Hall in Nunavut was officially the last school to close in 1997. | ||
*Although Stephen Harper apologized for the residential school system, he refused to apologize for the residential schools in Newfoundland and Labrador, as the province did not become a part of Canada until 1949 and none of the schools were federally funded. | |||
*The Kuper Island residential school in British Columbia has been described as "Canada's Alcatraz", due to the difficulty of escape from its remote island location. | |||
* The Shubenacadie residential school in Nova Scotia is the only school where no gravesites had been found so far. | * The Shubenacadie residential school in Nova Scotia is the only school where no gravesites had been found so far. | ||