The Saskatchewan Advocate for Children and Youth says she and her staff are deeply saddened to learn of the 215 children found at the former residential school in BC, in unmarked graves. Lisa Broda says, “Let the discovery of these children remind us of the devastating impact of residential school on Indigenous children, families, and communities and focus wholeheartedly on reconciliation as the path forward.”

She is calling for the fulfillment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action which include making all documents available regarding records of deaths of children in care of residential school authorities, and informing families of children who died at residential schools of burial locations and to support them to commemorate or provide alternative reburial.