John Barker
Northern News Services
There were at least 29 male victims at Grollier Hall, where the abuse by those running the school took place from 1959 to 1979. Several of the abusers were subsequently convicted of sex crimes and jailed. An out-of-court settlement in civil lawsuits was reached in April with 28 of the victims and the federal and territorial governments and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mackenzie.
Each half-hour program will be translated from English into Dogrib, South Slavey, North Slavey and Chipewyan, says Sabet Biscaye, executive director of the Native Communications Society, which produced the series in conjunction with the Grollier Hall Residential School Healing Circle.