Blog
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The Federal Indian Hospitals Settlement is an abuse settlement. It is not an Indian Hospital settlement.
June 30, 2025
On 24 June 2025, the Federal Court approved the Indian Hospitals Class Action Lawsuit Settlement. The Settlement is a historic event that offers a small glimpse into what Indigenous people have been saying for a long time – that Indian hospitals were places of abuse. But the Settlement is extremely limited and in fact has very little to do with the hospitals, federal health policy or the Indian Health Services (IHS) system.
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Historic Settlement in Indian Hospitals Class Action
March 7, 2025
In a historic event, on Thursday March 6, 2025 the Crown and Survivor and representative plaintiff Ann Hardy announced that they had reached an out-of-court settlement in a Class Action Law Suit holding the federal government to account for discriminatory health care in its Indian Hospitals between 1937 and 1981.
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Statement on Justin Flett's Lawsuit and Anti-Indigenous Racism in Manitoba's Healthcare System
January 15, 2025
Anti-racism researchers support Justin Flett seeking justice for case of callous negligence in which denied and delayed healthcare caused bodily harm and long-term complications
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Lecture Series - History of Indigenous Education: Residential Schools and Beyond
December 18, 2024
Dr. Mary Jane McCallum is hosting an public lecture series connected to her Winter term course, HIST-2616 History of Indigenous Education: Residential Schools and Beyond. This series explores the history of Indigenous education in Canada and the enduring legacies of the colonial violence and genocide.
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A Statement on the Incarceration of Geraldine Mason
December 5, 2024
Read the statement from Dr. Mary Jane Logan McCallum, Dr. Erin Millions, and Dr. Anne Lindsay on the connections between incarceration of Geraldine Mason and the longer history of colonialism and racism in Canada's healthcare system.
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Marking Indigenous Veterans Day
November 8, 2024
Indigenous Veterans Day was first observed November 8, 1993 in Winnipeg. Now people across Canada gather to commemorate the military service of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis veterans. Today we reflect on the history of Indigenous Veterans Day and how it connects to our current research.
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Missing the missing children
September 27, 2024
On Monday, 30 September 2024, Canadians will observe “The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation,” or “Orange Shirt Day.” As the Orange Shirt Day website notes, “By wearing an orange shirt on September 30th, you commit to the enduring truth that EVERY CHILD MATTERS, every day and everywhere.” But despite this being a federal statutory holiday, Canada’s own Federal Government has chosen to limit research into the names and the lives of the children who were sent to Indian Residential Schools (IRS) and never returned.
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Owning History: Indigenous Histories and Records Access A Conference in Winnipeg, April 26, 2024
December 15, 2023
Many people whose work or lives intersect with Indigenous histories in Canada are familiar with the long-standing issues surrounding accessing archival records for their research. We want to explore this topic with academic and professional researchers who are navigating access to historical records to engage with Indigenous histories in a one-day conference this spring.
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Brookside Cemetery Announced a National Historical Site
November 21, 2023
On Thursday the 9th of November 2023, the City of Winnipeg announced that Brookside Cemetery has been named a National Historic Site because it “reflects the history of the people of Winnipeg. … It is the final resting place of decorated war heroes, politicians, athletes, and people from all walks of life,” and it is “a perpetual record of yesteryear and a sanctuary of peace and quiet.”
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Right to Know Week
October 16, 2023
On September 28th, access to information advocates around the world marked Right to Know Day. In Canada, Right to Know has been extended to the whole week and is an opportunity to make calls for greater transparency and access to government information.
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MITHP Statement on Indigenous Records at a Time of Wildfires
September 2, 2023
This summer’s fire season has been on our minds as advocates of Indigenous archival research and of the preservation of records related to Indigenous history. Access to records and loss of records due to climate events are two of our key concerns.
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Research Assistant Chloe McLeod: Working at the MITHP
September 6, 2022
Research Assistant Chloe McLeod describes her work scanning, catalouging and transcribing sacramental registers and other archival documents in support of the MITHP Missing Patients' Initiative.
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Research Assistant Kristina Colmer: Working at the MITHP
September 6, 2022
Research Assistant Kristina Colmer describes her work with the archival publications of the Sanatorium Board of Manitoba to prepare them for the TB Archive section of the MITHP website.
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When Can I Go Home? Patient Knowledge at TB Hospitals
July 5, 2022
Lack of informed consent and treatment details was common for Indigenous patients in the tuberculosis hospitals as well as their families at home. This case study demonstrates that a lack of informed patient care informed patients' own perspectives on their stay in hospital, and sometimes to deadly outcomes.
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Inuit Patients, 1955: Mobility and Municipal Hospitals
July 5, 2022
In 1955, Inuit patients travelled from their home communities to Churchill and on to Clearwater Lake Indian Hospital near The Pas. From there they were split into two groups that were sent to Dynevor Indian Hospital near Selkirk and Brandon Indian Sanatorium. This case study highlights the potential mobility of patients, which can be a challenge in tracking their time in TB care. The case study also points to the role that municipal hospitals played in Indigenous TB patient care.
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MITHP Website Launch: Indigenous Peoples Day, 21 June 2022
June 2, 2022
Introduction to the Manitoba Indigenous Tuberculosis History Project website.