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Komagata Maru: two months outside the harbour
In 1914, 376 passengers from India were kept for two months in Vancouver's harbour. In 2016, Canada apologized to them.
ReadThe St. Louis: a ship no one was waiting for
In 1939, Canada refused to take in more than 900 Jewish refugees from the liner St. Louis. In 2018, Ottawa apologized to them.
ReadThe head tax: the price of a door
From 1885 to 1923, Chinese immigrants had to pay to enter Canada. In 2006, Ottawa offered a full apology.
ReadTeaching one another, even in code
In Montreal, a Mila program trains young Indigenous people in artificial intelligence so that tomorrow's technology carries their voices too.
Read231 calls, and a candle for each name
In 2019, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls issued 231 Calls for Justice. Years later, families are still counting what remains to be done.
ReadA mother who was not believed
On the night her son Colten Boushie died, police officers treated Debbie Baptiste as a suspect. An oversight body found discrimination.
ReadWhen a profession apologizes
In 2024, the Canadian Medical Association apologized to First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples for the harms caused by medicine.
ReadThe Paix des Braves, as equals
In 2002, Quebec and the Cree replaced years of lawsuits with a nation-to-nation agreement on the territory and the forest.
ReadA declaration for all peoples
Canada voted against the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007, before endorsing it without qualification, then making it law.
ReadAn apology that is not the end
At Maskwacis, in July 2022, Pope Francis asked Indigenous Peoples for forgiveness. Survivors remind us it is only a beginning.
ReadAn inquiry that looked not for culprits, but for a path
To respond to the suffering of former residents of a home for Black children, Nova Scotia tried a Canadian first: a restorative public inquiry, designed with them.
ReadAn orange shirt to say every child matters
On September 30, a simple orange shirt recalls the history of residential schools and a collective promise: every child matters.
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