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“Language and Culture” from The Survivors Speak: A Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Year Published: 2015 - Author: 
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Chapter from The Survivors Speak: A Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (2015), @ http://www.myrobust.com/websites/trcinstitution/File/Reports/Survivors_Speak_English_Web.pdf Abuse “I thought that I was the only one that it was happening to.” The mandate of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission specifies that the Commissioners shall not name names in their events, activities, public statements, report

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Chapter, “Language and Culture” from The Survivors Speak: A Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Year Published: 2015 - Author: 
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http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/File/2015/Findings/ Survivors_Speak_2015_05_30_web_o.pdf Language and culture “How am I going to express myself?” Many of the students came to the school fluent in an Aboriginal language, with little or no understanding of French or English. At school, they encountered English- or French- speaking teachers and supervisors, who typically had no understanding of the children’s languages, and

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