Flags Lowered by Saint Mary's University

To honour the memory of the 215 children whose bodies have been found at the former Kamloops residential school in Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc territory, Saint Mary’s has lowered flags to half staff. Flags will remain lowered as a mark of respect for 215 hours as a reminder not only of these lives lost but to honour all those whose lives were lost or changed forever by the tragedies of the residential schools, including here in Nova Scotia. We must all continue to educate ourselves about this shameful aspect of our past and acknowledge the impact on Indigenous peoples. The last residential school in Canada closed as recently as 1996.