Persistent Identifier
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doi:10.5683/SP2/RIYEMU |
Publication Date
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2019-05-10 |
Title
| Residential School Locations Dataset (CSV Format) |
Author
| Orlandini, Rosa (York University) - ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7609-9356 |
Point of Contact
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Orlandini, Rosa (York University) |
Description
| The Residential School Locations Dataset [IRS_Locations.csv] contains the locations (latitude and longitude) of Residential Schools and student hostels operated by the federal government in Canada. All the residential schools and hostels that are listed in the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement are included in this dataset, as well as several Industrial schools and residential schools that were not part of the IRRSA. This version of the dataset doesn’t include the five schools under the Newfoundland and Labrador Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.
The original school location data was created by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and was provided to the researcher (Rosa Orlandini) by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation in April 2017. The dataset was created by Rosa Orlandini, and builds upon and enhances the previous work of the Truth and Reconcilation Commission, Morgan Hite (creator of the Atlas of Indian Residential Schools in Canada that was produced for the Tk'emlups First Nation and Justice for Day Scholar's Initiative, and Stephanie Pyne (project lead for the Residential Schools Interactive Map). Each individual school location in this dataset is attributed either to RSIM, Morgan Hite, NCTR or Rosa Orlandini.
Many schools/hostels had several locations throughout the history of the institution. If the school/hostel moved from its’ original location to another property, then the school is considered to have two unique locations in this dataset,the original location and the new location. For example, Lejac Indian Residential School had two locations while it was operating, Stuart Lake and Fraser Lake. If a new school building was constructed on the same property as the original school building, it isn't considered to be a new location, as is the case of Girouard Indian Residential School.When the precise location is known, the coordinates of the main building are provided, and when the precise location of the building isn’t known, an approximate location is provided.
For each residential school institution location, the following information is provided: official names, alternative name, dates of operation, religious affiliation, latitude and longitude coordinates, community location, Indigenous community name, contributor (of the location coordinates), school/institution photo (when available), location point precision, type of school (hostel or residential school) and list of references used to determine the location of the main buildings or sites. (2019-05-10) |
Subject
| Arts and Humanities; Social Sciences |
Keyword
| Residential Schools (Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus) http://canada.multites.net/cst/default.asp?op=DISPTERM&searchString=Residential+schools&lang=ENG
Indigenous Youth (Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus) http://canada.multites.net/cst/default.asp?lang=ENG&searchString=Indigenous+youth&op=DISPTERM
Indigenous peoples (Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus) |
Notes
| If you have additional information about the locations of specific Residential Schools (Boarding Schools, Hostels, and Industrial Schools) and would like to have it included in future versions of the database, please contact Rosa Orlandini. |
Language
| English |
Contributor
| Data Collector : Hite, Morgan
Data Collector : Pyne, Stephanie
Data Collector : Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Data Collector : Orlandini, Rosa
Rights Holder : Orlandini, Rosa
Hosting Institution : York University
Sponsor : National Centre for Truth and Reconcilation |
Depositor
| Orlandini, Rosa |
Deposit Date
| 2019-05-10 |
Time Period
| Start Date: 1863-01-01 ; End Date: 1998-06-30 |
Date of Collection
| Start Date: 2008-06-02 ; End Date: 2019-02-01 |
Data Type
| Geospatial Data; Locational Data |
Software
| Excel |
Related Dataset
| This dataset is also available in Shapefile format and Geodatabase Format. |
Data Source
| The information pertaining to the official school names and alternate, dates of opening and closing and religious affiliation were provide by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. The school location data was compiled by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission/National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, Morgan Hite, Residential Schools Land Memory Mapping Project/Stephanie Pyne, and Rosa Orlandini. Rosa Orlandini verified the location data using primary and secondary sources: aerial photographs, survey plans, topographic maps, sketch maps, engineering and architectural drawings, photographs, manuscripts, journal articles, magazine articles, government reports and documents, websites, local history books, and archaeological reports. |
Origin of Historical Sources
| The majority of the sources came from the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, Library Archives Canada, Canada Lands Survey, National Air Photo Library, Archives of Ontario, York University Libraries, Toronto Public Libraries, numerous church archives (Presbyterian, Anglican, United Church, and Roman Catholic), museums and other cultural institutions. |
Documentation and Access to Sources
| Please contact Rosa Orlandini for a the list of 900+ sources used to compile this dataset. |