{"product_id":"how-did-they-start-comment-ont-ils-commence","title":"How Did They Start? | Comment ont-ils commence ?","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e“The Mohawk Institute was the oldest continuously operated Anglican residential school in Canada. It was established in 1828 as the Mechanics’ Institute, a day school for native boys from the Six Nations reserve at present day Brantford, Ontario.” – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eAnglican Church of Canada \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eIn 1831 “\u003ci\u003eThe Mohawk Institute in Brantford, Upper Canada, became Canada’s first residential school. At first, the school only admitted boys. Girls were admitted in 1834.” – \u003c\/i\u003eThe Canadian Encyclopedia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThe Bagot Commission (1842-44) “\u003ci\u003e… proposed that the separation of children from their parents would be the best way to achieve assimilation, and in his Report on Native Educations (1847), Egerton Ryerson, Superintendent for Education, … also recommended that Aboriginal education focus on religious instruction on agricultural training.” – \u003c\/i\u003eWhere are the Children, Legacy of Hope Foundation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e“The [Bagot] commission also recommended that the Mohawk Institute be considered a model for other industrial schools.” – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThe Canadian Encyclopedia\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eIt wasn’t until 1892 that the Federal Government began to provide funding for the school. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"display: block !important; height: 1px !important; background-color: #e6e6e6 !important; border: none !important; margin: 20px 0 !important;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"FR-CA\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;\"\u003e« \u003ci\u003eL’Institut Mohawk était le plus vieux pensionnat opéré par des anglicans en permanence au Canada. C’était établi en 1828 comme l’Institut des Mécaniques, une école quotidienne pour des garçons natifs de la Réserve de Six Nations à l’actuel Brantford, Ontario. »\u003c\/i\u003e -Église Anglicane du Canada\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"FR-CA\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;\"\u003eEn 1831\u003ci\u003e, « L’Institut Mohawk en Brantford, Haut-Canada est devenu le premier pensionnat au Canada. Au début, seulement les garçons étaient admis. En 1834, les filles étaient admises.\u003c\/i\u003e » -Encyclopédie canadienne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"FR-CA\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;\"\u003eLa commission de Bagot (1842 à 1844)\u003ci\u003e « …proposait que la séparation des enfants de leurs parents serait la meilleure façon de réaliser l’assimilation et à son Rapport de l’Éducation native (1847), Egerton Ryerson, le surintendant d’éducation …a aussi recommandé que l’éducation autochtone concentrera à l’instruction religieuse et la formation agriculturale.\u003c\/i\u003e » -Où sont des enfants – La fondation autochtone d’espoir\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"FR-CA\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;\"\u003e« La commission [de Bagot] a aussi recommandé que l’Institut Mohawk servait comme modèle pour tous les autres pensionnats. »\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"FR-CA\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;\"\u003e -Encyclopédie canadienne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"FR-CA\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;\"\u003eCe n’est qu’en 1892 que le gouvernement canadien a commencé de donner des fonds à l’école. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eImage Credits: Youville Residential Schools Boy’s Band, 1898. Courtesy Provincial Archives of Alberta B9509; Boys working on Youville Residential School farm. Courtesy Provincial Archives of Alberta. 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