CANADA
CBC News
The Presbyterian Church issued a specific apology on Wednesday to former students of a residential school in Kenora, Ont., where medical and nutritional experiments had taken place.
Former students of the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School attended a commemorative gathering on Wednesday at a memorial where the church-run, government-funded facility once stood.
Recently released documents reveal that aboriginal children who were sent to Cecilia Jeffrey were subjected to experimental treatments for ear infections, as well as nutritional and dental experiments that were recently highlighted by a food historian.
For some survivors, the latest revelations have compounded the pain they have long felt as a result of the residential school experience.
“We had thought that we’d somewhat come to peace with some issues, then there’s ongoing revelations of other events happening,” said Richard Green, a former student who organized Wednesday’s commemorative event.
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