Ottawa launches residential school map to help in search for missing children

The Canadian government has launched a new interactive online map pinpointing the locations of residential schools, and experts say it will help in the search for unmarked or forgotten graves of children forced to go to the institutions.

Ottawa launches residential school map to help in search for missing children
Dried flowers rest inside a pair of child's shoes at a memorial for children who died at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in B.C.

The Canadian government has launched a new interactive online map pinpointing the locations of residential schools, and experts say it will help in the search for unmarked or forgotten graves of children forced to go to the institutions.