Media Advisory – Survivors urge Canada to Restore Funding to Missing Children and Unmarked Burial Investigations
September 27, 2024

Media Advisory – Survivors urge Canada to Restore Funding to Missing Children and Unmarked Burial Investigations

OTTAWA, ON, Sept. 27, 2024 /CNW/ – On the fourth annual “National Day of Truth and Reconciliation” the Survivors’ Secretariat will release a new national report summarizing the concerns of Survivors of Indian Residential Schools, Indigenous leaders, and experts in policing, research and archeological over the federal government’s drastic cuts to funding for Residential School Investigations into Missing Children and Unmarked Burials.

The Survivors’ Secretariat was established in 2021 by Survivors of the Mohawk Institute to organize and support efforts to uncover, document, and share the truth about what happened at the Mohawk Institute during its 142 years of operation.

Date:

Monday, September 30, 2024 

Time:

10:00 – 10:30 am

Location:

Parliament Hill, Ottawa

Media Studio Room 135-B, West Block

Speakers:

Laura Arndt, Executive Lead, The Survivors’ Secretariat

Roberta Hill, a Survivor of the Mohawk Institute and Board Member of The Survivors’ Secretariat

Dr. Scott Hamilton, Archaeologist at Lakehead University and an advisor to The Survivors’ Secretariat and other Indigenous communities about their investigations

Note to Media
Participation in the question and answer portion of this event is in person or via Zoom, and is for accredited members of the Press Gallery only. Media who are not members of the Press Gallery may contact [email protected] for temporary access.

A rally with Survivors will be held in the afternoon to call on the federal government to restore funding for Investigations for Missing Children and Unmarked Burials associated with Indian Residential Schools.

Date:

September 30, 2024

Time:

4:30 – 5:30 pm

Location:

Parliament Hill – East Lawn

111 Wellington

Ottawa, Ontario

SOURCE Survivors’ Secretariat

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