UBC Opens Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC) and Offers Statement of Apology Related to the Indian Residential School System

UBC President Santa J. Ono delivered a statement of apology for the university’s involvement in the system that supported the operation of Indian residential schools in Canada. The Apology was read at the official opening of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC) on UBC’s Vancouver campus, located on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Musqueam people.

View the full text of the apology
https://president.ubc.ca/speeches/statement-of-apology/

Read the UBC media release

Learn more about the UBC Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC)  http://aboriginal.ubc.ca/indian-residential-school-centre/