CBC News: Stolen Children broadcast highlights

Here are planned broadcast dates and times for CBC Radio and CBC Television coverage of the Aboriginal Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Planned coverage includes News,Arts and public access.

Sunday, June 8:

RADIO: World Report: Karen Pauls on why the residential schools dialogue is important. (1:35)

RADIO: The World This Weekend: Karen Pauls on the Gradual Civilization Act. What was it about the era that made it seem like a good idea to put kids into residential schools? (6:22)

TV: CBC News: Sunday Night: Over 90,000 applications for the Indian residential school settlement have been processed to date. Many of those former students attended in the 1980s and 1990s, when most schools were run by native bands. Most of those students chose to attend and liked going. Even though many of them describe a positive experience, they're still eligible for payment. We talk to two former students about their experiences at residential schools and ask them why they feel they deserve the settlement money.

Monday, June 9:

RADIO: World Report: Christopher Grosskurth on Students and Teachers: Two sides of the residential schools experience. (1:42)

RADIO: World at Six: Christopher Grosskurth on Students and Teachers: Two sides of the residential schools experience. (4:37)

TV: The National: Interview by Peter Mansbridge with Justice Harry LaForme, chair of the commission.

TV: The National: The cemetery near the former residential school in Fort Resolution, N.W.T., is full of graves. While it's easy to tell where the priests and missionaries were buried, there are no markers for the countless students who died at the school. As the CBC's Jennifer Hunt discovers, no one knows many children are buried in this graveyard, how they died or even who they were. (8:40)

Tuesday, June 10:

RADIO: World Report / World at Six: Justin Hayward reports on the Cree of Northern Quebec and how they are rewriting their residential schools legacy. (1:36)

TV: The National: A Grade 6 class in Winnipeg discusses what exactly Prime Minister Stephen Harper should say in his apology to aboriginal people. (2:19)

Wednesday, June 11:

RADIO: Sounds Like Canada repeats a conversation with three generations of one British Columbia family who all call themselves survivors of residential school. The father is a former student; his daughter and granddaughter also tell how their lives have been shaped by his experience. Host: Shelagh Rogers. 10 a.m. (10:30 NT).

NEWSWORLD / RADIO: Live coverage of Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Parliament reading Canada's apology over residential schools in Parliament. (14:07)

NEWSWORLD: Special coverage of the Parliamentary apology and reaction to it from people across Canada. (55:11)

RADIO: World Report: Karen Pauls reports on why the apology matters. (1:21)

RADIO: World at Six: Karen Pauls reports on the federal government apology and the speeches in Parliament. (3:12)

RADIO: World at Six: Christopher Grosskurth reports that the apology has not made much of an impact among some aboriginal people on the SIx Nations reserve in Ontario. (3:00)

TV: The National:

• Thinking about the Apology's significance for all Canadians (2:57)
• Fear, pain and abuse remembered by former students of Indian Residential Schools (9:01)
• Former students recall how families were split and cultures were destroyed by the Indian Residential Schools program (10:30)

Thursday, June 12:

RADIO:World Report: Karen Pauls looks at the possibility that the apology may resurrect traumatic emotions among former Indian Residential School students. (2:12)

Friday, June 13:

RADIO: World Report: Karen Pauls reports on efforts to put names on the unmarked graves at former Indian Residential Schools. (1:27)

RADIO: World at Six: Karen Pauls reports on the questions faced by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission regarding unmarked graves at former Indian Residential Schools. (3:47)

RADIO: Sounds Like Canada will originate from Regina, hosted by Sheila Coles. Features highlights from the previous evening's town hall discussion and entertainment.

NEWSWORLD: 7:30 p.m. ET rebroadcast of Stolen Children Town Hall recorded in Regina on Thursday, June 12.

Sunday, June 15:

RADIO: Cross Country Checkup: For decades it was government policy, a policy many people say drove a spike into the heart of aboriginal communities across the land. This past week the prime minister apologized to all who were hurt by the Indian Residential Schools system.  Some say it is years overdue, others say it is just words. What are your thoughts? Host Rex Murphy.

Monday, June 16:

RADIO: World at Six: Eli Glasner on the impact of Indian art and culture on the larger Canadian scene (3:14).

RADIO: Ideas: The Trail of Tears. In 1838, the Cherokee of the American southeast, one of the Five Civilized Tribes, were forced out of their farms and towns and relocated eight hundred miles to the west, in Indian Territory. A caravan of about 16,000 people set off across the rough roads and forests of the Midwest. In the snows of winter, many died. The journey became known as the Trail of Tears. Broadcaster Philip Coulter retraces the trail, asking questions about how the past shapes our present, and what it means to be a nation. (Part 1)

Tuesday, June 17:

RADIO: Ideas: The Trail of Tears. In 1838, the Cherokee of the American southeast, one of the Five Civilized Tribes, were forced out of their farms and towns and relocated 1,300 kilometres to the west, in Indian Territory. A caravan of about 16,000 people set off across the rough roads and forests of the Midwest. In the snows of winter, many died. The journey became known as The Trail of Tears. Broadcaster Philip Coulter retraces the trail, asking questions about how the past shapes our present, and what it means to be a nation. (Part 2)

RADIO 2: Canada Live: Waniska (which translates in English as "awaken") was a national celebration of aboriginal culture, recorded Friday, Oct. 5, 2007, at the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert, Sask. Featured artists: Derek Miller from Ontario's Six Nations Reserve, Manitoba's legendary Métis singer-songwriter Ray St. Germaine, Prince Albert's own fiddler extraordinaire Donny Parenteau, Dene performer Leela Gilday, Saskatoon hip-hop duo of Eekwol & Mils.

Wednesday, June 18:

RADIO 2: Canada Live: Singer/songwriter Tamara Podemski's grandparents are survivors of Indian residential schools. With her creamy full voice and pop/folk style, she gives us her take on intergenerational grief and her heritage as she sings in English, Ojibwa and Hebrew. From a concert that took place at Ottawa's Westfest in May 2008.

From Halifax, Mi'kmaq artist, musician and elder Alan Syliboy and his band Lone Cloud perform a mixture of jazz, blues and light rock with contemporary themes and original music that incorporates the aboriginal point of view. This concert is a celebration and appreciation of the music and words of the Mi'kmaq community. Other performers include: Wanda Joudrey-Finnigan, a heritage interpreter and performer from the Bear River First Nation Centre in southwest Nova Scotia and J. Hubert Francis, a musician and singer from Big Cove, a First Nation community in New Brunswick. Also, Erin Syliboy will read two poems, accompanied by some of the musicians, including one by Rita Joe. This is Rita Joe's famous poem inspired by the residential school she attended in Nova Scotia. The poem is called I lost my talk.J. Hubert Francis will partner with Syliboy and deliver the same poem in the Mi'kmaq language.

From Montreal, Inuit culture through the words and music of Taqralik Partridge with Guido DelFabbro, Philippe Brault and guest DJ madeskimo, in conjunction with the McCord Museum recently installed sculptures and miniatures exhibit called Inuit – A Selection of Works from the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. The concert features a new CBC-commissioned musical work by Taqralik Partridge, Guido DelFabbro, and Philippe Brault based on the theme of truth and reconciliation.

Thursday, June 19:

RADIO 2: Canada Live: Marcel Gagnon, an aboriginal musician from Prince George, B.C. His folk stylings were inspired by Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan. His first CD was nominated for a Juno and he has appeared on the CBC Radio 2 regional show Westcoast Performance. Using his life as inspiration he documents the struggles and successes of northern B.C.'s native community.

Wayne Lavallee, Cree/Métis musician from Vancouver, was the 2006 winner for best aboriginal songwriter from the Canadian Folk Music Awards. In 2005, he was nominated for a Juno for aboriginal recording of the year. He has also been nominated for a West Coast Music Award and won best album of the year in 2004 from the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards. He is working on a new album called Rock 'n' Roll Indian Cowboy.Lavallee formerly worked in a professional therapeutic setting with residential school survivors and he has songs that touch on the residential school issue, one in particular that is inspired by the songs of the survivors called Sacred Journey.

Also, Labrador's Harry Martin at the Interpretation Centre in North West River, Labrador. Harry's ancestry is a mixture of European settler and Labrador Inuit. Partly through his work with Environment Canada, Harry's name is linked to causes that support sustainable living and conservation.

Friday, June 20:

RADIO 2: Canada Live: Concert from Winnipeg honours the survivors of Indian residential schools with songs and stories of hope and healing. All the musicians performing have a tie to residential schools, as a survivor or through the intergenerational impact of the schools. Billy Joe Green is an award-winning blues musician and a residential school survivor; Fara Palmer is a pop artist whose mother and older family members attended residential schools. David Boulanger, leader of Burnt Project 1, is also a second-generation survivor who has lived through the intergenerational effects via his time spent in western Canadian penitentiaries. Each artist has been commissioned by the CBC to write a new song on the theme of truth and reconciliation or healing. The concert was recorded June 6, 2008, on the site of the Indian Residential School Museum of Canada, a former residential school in Long Plains First Nation in Manitoba.

Saturday, June 21:

RADIO 1: An hour of music and comedy with the Almost Ready for Self-Government Players, and special musical guest Shane Yellowbird at 3 p.m. Recorded live June 9 at CBC in Regina.

RADIO 2: Canada Live. In response to the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, CBC Radio celebrates Canadian aboriginal culture by commissioning several music works by aboriginal artists based around the idea of reconciliation and what that means to individual artists across the country. Celebrate the diverse culture of our indigenous peoples with a special concert featuring five of Toronto's best aboriginal music artists, Jani Lauzon with the Sucalejani Ensemble, Nadjiwan, Morning Star River, MC Wabs Whitebird and Digging Roots.

Sunday, June 22:

RADIO: Tapestry: The Story of Pastedechouan. In the 1600s, Roman Catholic missionaries came to North America to convert the native people to Christianity. In 1620, an 11-year-old Innu boy called Pierre-Anthoine Pastedechouan was taken to France, given a lavish baptism and rigorous theological education and after five years was brought back to help convert his fellow Innu. But Pastedechouan became tragically – and fatally – stranded between the two faiths. Host Mary Hynes interviews Emma Anderson, professor of North American religious history at the University of Ottawa, the author of The Betrayal of Faith: The tragic journey of a colonial native convert. 2:05 p.m. ET, AT, CT. 2:35 NT. 3:05 PT. 4:05 MT. Interview excerpt (1:53)