The children who never went home

Friday morning in Brandon, I visited the Brandon Friendship Centre where I met Andrea Hinch-Bourns and Lorne Mosionier (bottom photo). Andrea showed me the plaque (above) to honour the children wh stayed at the Brandon Residential School between 1896 and 1923 who did not go home.

There were children who were brought to the school during this period from communities around the province. Sadly there were quite a number of children who came, who never got to go home. It is a very sad story.