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Garnier Residential School

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Garnier Residential School
TypeSchool or university

Garnier Residential School is a residential school located in Spanish, Ontario.[1]

In Anishinabek News

  • August 2015: Tom Couchie attended this institution and shared his experiences there with his granddaughter. The school is the subject of the sculpture Aggressive Assimilation, which depicts the corporal punishment and confinement children faced there.[2]
  • July 2023: Artist Carl Beam was sent to this institution from the age of 10 until he was 18.[1]

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