Chapter 3.9: Indian Residential Schools in Quebec

Question 1

How were Indigenous children stripped of their culture?

Answer 1

Taken from home at 5/6 years old

• Can’t speak their language
• Cannot see their siblings
• Given new European names (or numbers)
• Hair cut, traditional clothes taken

Question 2

How did residential schools later affect the children?

Answer 2

Depression, attachment disorders, drug/alc abuse, prostitution, suicide, violence

Question 3

What PM apologized for res school and when?

Answer 3

Stephen Harper of Conservatives in 2008

Question 4

How did the Indigenous mortality rate compare to the rest of Canada during the operation of res schools?

Answer 4

Was 5x higher

Question 5

How did QC Church members convert Indigenous?

Answer 5

Learned their language to communicate better to transmit the religious teachings

Question 6

What did a day in the life look like at res schools?

Answer 6

Half education, half work developing skills to use in the labour market; work in reality cut costs of res schools

Question 7

How many residential schools were there in QC?

Answer 7

10