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S16: “Kuper Island” E2: Nights on the Boys’ Side
Season 16 Episode 2
What was it like to be a student at one of the most notorious residential schools in Canada? Survivors James and Tony Charlie share their own account…
4 years, 2 months ago
S16: “Kuper Island” E3: Sink or Swim
Season 16 Episode 3
Survivor Belvie Brebber tells us about her five years at Kuper Island Residential School, a time filled with fear, cruelty and sexual violence. Belvi…
4 years, 2 months ago
S16: “Kuper Island” E4: What happened to Richard?
Season 16 Episode 4
Richard Thomas was smart, kind and well-loved. He was having no problems in school and he wanted to go further in education. Then inexplicably, days …
4 years, 2 months ago
S16: “Kuper Island” E5: Feeding the Dead
Season 16 Episode 5
An archaeologist uses the stories of survivors and a ground-penetrating radar machine to pinpoint where children who died at the Kuper Island school …
4 years, 2 months ago
S16: “Kuper Island” E6: It Didn't Feel Like Justice
Season 16 Episode 6
We explore what really happened during a 1990s RCMP task force investigation triggered by the high number of allegations of sexual abuses at the Kupe…
4 years, 2 months ago
S16: “Kuper Island” E7: Hurt People Hurt People
Season 16 Episode 7
The children who attended Kuper Island Residential School faced a terrible aftermath trying to process what happened. The abuse they suffered there o…
4 years, 2 months ago
S16: “Kuper Island” E8: Every Child Matters
Season 16 Episode 8
The team tracks down the last person to ever see Richard Thomas alive at Kuper Island Residential School. Donnie Sampson was just 10 years old at the…
4 years, 2 months ago
S15: "The Village 3" E7: Atonement
Season 15 Episode 7
Years of sustained pressure finally pay off as the policing culture shifts to include activists’ input into their investigations. For transcripts of …
4 years, 3 months ago
S15: "The Village 3" E6: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Season 15 Episode 6
When one of its priests is found murdered in Montreal, the Anglican Church has to publicly reckon with its sins. For transcripts of this series, plea…
4 years, 3 months ago
S15: "The Village 3" E5: Out With Them All
Season 15 Episode 5
Faced with a deadly disease, surrounded by death, AIDS activist Roger Leclerc resorts to controversial tactics to confront discrimination and violenc…
4 years, 3 months ago