In what year did Ottawa formally apologize to the former students of residential schools?
Answer: 2008.
From the 1800s until the 1980s, the federal government placed many Aboriginal children in residential schools to educate and assimilate them. In 2008, Ottawa formally apologized to the former students.
All answer choices
- 2008. (correct answer)
- 2006.
- 1988.
- 1998.
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