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Line 7: Hundreds or thousands of child graves surround the sites of former [[Canadian Indian residential schools]], with some marked and others never marked or with markers that have since been removed. On 27 May 2021, the [[Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc]] announced that ground-penetrating radar had confirmed the presence of 215 undocumented child graves on the grounds of the former [[Kamloops Indian Residential School]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tk-emlúps-te-secwépemc-215-children-former-kamloops-indian-residential-school-1.6043778 |title=Remains of 215 children found buried at former B.C. residential school, First Nation says: Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc say ground-penetrating radar was used to locate remains |first1=Courtney |last1= Dickson |first2= Bridgette |last2=Watson |publisher= CBC News |date= 28 May 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.theprogress.com/news/le-estcwicwy-honouring-the-missing-215-at-kamloops-indian-residential-school-1929017 |title= 215: Memorial honours unmarked graves found 1 year ago at former Kamloops residential school: Governor General Mary Simon, Canada’s first Indigenous person in the role, attended the event |author=Brittany Webster |date=May 23, 2022 |publisher=The Chilliwack Progress}}</ref> National and international news media outlets reported the discovery of the graves.<ref>{{cite web |author=Ian Austen |date=July 30, 2021 |title='Horrible History': Mass Grave of Indigenous Children Reported in Canada: An Indigenous community says it has found evidence that 215 children were buried on the grounds of a British Columbia school, one of the many in Canada set up to forcibly assimilate them. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/world/canada/kamloops-mass-grave-residential-schools.amp.html |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name="GMRemainsFound-July" /> Several similar reports from other former residential schools followed over the ensuing months, leading to many commemorations and protests.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Austen |first1=Ian |title=How Thousands of Indigenous Children Vanished in Canada |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/07/world/canada/mass-graves-residential-schools.html |access-date=11 May 2024 |publisher=The New York Times |date=7 June 2021}}</ref> Christian denominations involved in the operation of residential schools faced increased criticism following the investigations into the gravesites. In the ensuing months, a [[2021 Canadian church fires|series of arsons]] were set at [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] and [[Anglican Church of Canada|Anglican]] churches and [[Pope Francis]] made a [[Visit by Pope Francis to Canada|"penitential" visit]] to Canada in 2022. As of September 2023, ==Background== | |||