Residential school monument finds home at national history museum

Stanley C. Hunt says it was hard to process the discovery of about 200 potential burial sites at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in 2021. The stark monument he designed — etched with the faces of unsmiling children — will be officially unveiled Monday at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que.

Residential school monument finds home at national history museum
Stanley C. Hunt and the Indian Residential School Memorial Monument inside the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau on Sept. 27, 2024

Stanley C. Hunt says it was hard to process the discovery of about 200 potential burial sites at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in 2021. The stark monument he designed — etched with the faces of unsmiling children — will be officially unveiled Monday at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que.