did anyone express any kind of sorrow regarding this system?
The Vatican released an official expression of sorrow on the church's role in residential schools.
Canadian Indian residential school system
In 2009, Chief Fontaine had a private meeting with Pope Benedict XVI to obtain an apology for abuses that occurred in the residential school system. Fontaine was accompanied at the meeting by a delegation of Indigenous peoples from Canada funded by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Following the meeting, the Vatican released an official expression of sorrow on the church's role in residential schools:
where did residential schools take place in canada Such schools in Canada were mostly meant for the Indigenous Indians and were located at substantial distances from the Indigenous communities. was the government involved in this? Yes, the Department of Indian Affairs was responsible for this. how was language/culture getting affected by it? The schools aimed at suppressing the language and culture of the natives . As a result majority of the Indigenous languages existing today are "under serious threat of extinction".
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Canadian Indian residential school system [SEP] Vatican's expression of sorrow
In 2009, Chief Fontaine had a private meeting with Pope Benedict XVI to obtain an apology for abuses that occurred in the residential school system. Fontaine was accompanied at the meeting by a delegation of Indigenous peoples from Canada funded by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Following the meeting, the Vatican released an official expression of sorrow on the church's role in residential schools: His Holiness [i.e. the Pope] recalled that since the earliest days of her presence in Canada, the Church, particularly through her missionary personnel, has closely accompanied the Indigenous peoples. Given the sufferings that some Indigenous children experienced in the Canadian Residential School system, the Holy Father expressed his sorrow at the anguish caused by the deplorable conduct of some members of the Church and he offered his sympathy and prayerful solidarity.