First Nations Student Deaths Inquest
A joint inquest into the deaths of seven First Nations students is running Thunder Bay, Ont. All of the students died between 2000 and 2011 while attending high school in the city, hundreds of kilometres away from their remote First Nations where access to education is limited.
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'Perhaps a website that highlights student life out here, the sports, activities, things to do,' Kakekagumick says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 2:38:55 PM -
'A grade 8 trip to the school so they can get used to the surroundings,' Anishinabie suggests as a recommendation #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 2:37:24 PM
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Kakekagumick says some students tell him they're worried the First Nations high school in #TBay is going to shut down #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 2:35:07 PM
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'I'm training to become a professional boxer,' Anishinabie says. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 2:22:22 PM
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Lawyer: How often does your family come to see you? Anishinabie: 'It's too expensive,' talks w/family on Facebook 'everyday' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 2:21:17 PM
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Kakekagumick is the service director on DFC student council. He'll graduate this spring, plans to study media arts at college #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 2:02:35 PM
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'It's small, there's not much to do, but it's home,' Kakekagumick says of Keewaywin #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 2:00:31 PM
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Kakekagumick is from Keewaywin First Nation, like Robyn Harper + Kyle Morriseau, who died. He's in grade 12 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 1:59:13 PM
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Anishinabie is in his 1st year at DFC. He's 16, in grade 11 and the chief of the students council at the high school #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 1:55:17 PM
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Two students from DFC testifying are Pedro Anishinabie and River Kakekagumick #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 1:53:13 PM
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Back at the #tbinquest on Thursday. Waiting for testimony from current students of Dennis Franklin Cromarty (DFC) First Nations High Schoolby Jody Porter via twitter 4/7/2016 1:26:09 PM
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Courtroom cleared, proceedings go off the record #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 8:20:40 PM
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'There has been too much secrecy': Provincial advocate for children and youth lawyer Chantelle Bryson #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 8:18:46 PM
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Coroner's counsel Karen Shea asks to go off the record to disclose info she says she just received re: potential new witness #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 8:17:04 PM
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George: 'Families who have lost someone, if they are up to it,' should be consulted on any search protocol #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 7:42:19 PM
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Kakegamic: 2 missing students found this year on a city bus. 'The bus drivers would be a huge asset' in a search. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 7:39:15 PM
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Suganaqueb: 'I always worried about the safety of the [volunteer] searchers' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 7:32:07 PM
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All three panel members talking about the value of social media in helping to find missing youth #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 7:28:18 PM
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George: Setting up a proper chain of communication between the police services would be helpful #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 7:23:16 PM
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Suganaqueb: would be helpful to have training or info package for community searchers outlining 'protocol for crime scenes,' etc #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 7:19:44 PM
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George says 'the family first and foremost' must be involved in discussions about a search plan #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 7:14:33 PM
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Suganaqueb: 'gifted people', incldng 'a blind person who has dreams + visions + a young woman who has dreams' helped find Jordan #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 7:13:53 PM
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George: limited police resources 'really tied our hands not having the staffing + expertise' in search for Jordan Wabasse. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 7:07:33 PM
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Suganaqueb says having a search HQ was important, helpful to 'have area to do debriefing, traditional ceremonies' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 7:03:38 PM
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That's it for me from #tbinquest for now. More later this afternoon.by Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 4:36:20 PM
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Monague: A lot of people tend to use youth as trophies, like saying 'youth are our future' without actually listening to youth #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 3:58:54 PM
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'In a lot of processes, youth are forgotten,' Brandon Timmerman responds to question re: accountability of First Nations leaders #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 3:54:50 PM
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LEgarde-Beachum: Before learning about residential school 'I just thought it's who we are as Aboriginals, we're crazy and wild' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 3:49:00 PM
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Legarde-Beachum: I'd go to friends houses and think 'wow you guys are so put together, what's wrong with us?' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 3:47:37 PM
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Marilyn Boyce says she left home in Eabametoong at 17 to go to high school. 'I struggled a lot. I was a young parent.' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 2:52:24 PM
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LEgarde-Beacham says he wished First Nations students were empowered in #TBay , not seen 'just as obstacles on the street' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 2:48:09 PM
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'Every child has a right to go to school in their community, to learn from their own people,' Legarde-Beacham says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 2:46:11 PM
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Legarde-Beacham: 'My family was my rock. I was able to come home every day to my mother, brother + sisters' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 2:45:31 PM
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Legarde-Beachum: 'I tried to hang myself. I used to think I wasn't good enough for this world.' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 2:44:32 PM
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'My father was an alcoholic. My mother worked hard to make us who we are,' Legarde-Beacham says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 2:42:30 PM
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Harley Legarde-Beachum: "I am the legacy of Indian residential school. I never got the teachings I needed' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 2:40:40 PM
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At the #tbinquest Wednesday to hear testimony from @FOHTBay youth re: safety for First Nations youth in #TBayby Jody Porter via twitter 4/6/2016 2:00:12 PM
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by Jody Porter via twitter 4/5/2016 7:56:50 PM
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by Jody Porter via twitter 3/31/2016 11:06:50 AM
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Heading back to the office, you can watch the rest of the youth testimony via live stream here: cbc.ca/news/canada/th… #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/30/2016 8:09:16 PM
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'I was ashamed. I didn't want to be brown. I didn't know why I was treated differently,' Meawasige says of his early years #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/30/2016 8:03:28 PM
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'I have struggled with my self-identity', Schneider says. 'You need to know who you are to achieve what you want to do in life' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/30/2016 8:00:51 PM
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'School just felt impossible,' one youth wrote about transition from on-reserve elementary to mainstream high school #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/30/2016 7:58:25 PM
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Youth surveyed also said they felt unprepared for school off-reserve. 'I felt like an outcast,' Scheider says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/30/2016 7:55:29 PM
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Some students surveyed want 'community house' to live in while away from home at school, with other members of same community #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/30/2016 7:51:58 PM