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1940-1949

History and Geography of Residential Schools

Timeline: 1940 - 1949

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  • 1940

    1940s - 1950s: Government begins efforts to integrate Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal education

    1940s - 1950s: Government begins efforts to integrate Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal education. Inuit children begin to be transported to residential schools and hostels run by Anglican and Catholic churches with federal subsidies. Standard curricula are introduced. The half-day labour program is officially ended.

  • 1944

    Senior Indian Affairs officials argue for a policy shift from residential to day schools

  • 1944

    In the USA, the United Negro College Fund is incorporated

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    1945

    Atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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  • 1945

    9,149 students are enrolled in residential schools, with only about 100 in grade nine and none over grade nine

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