Seven thousand students attend local history lesson

Children learn about residential schools and aboriginal culture during education day at PNE

One hundred and twenty-five buses brought elementary and high-school students to and from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's education day Sept. 19. All nine Catholic high schools in the archdiocese participated in the event. Agnieszka Krawczynski / The B.C. Catholic.

Thousands of children streamed into the Pacific Coliseum on the Pacific National Exhibition grounds for a day-long history lesson on residential schools and native culture. Organizers said 7,000 kids arrived en masse for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Education Day Sept. 19.  For
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