Office of Terry Sheehan, M.P Sault Ste. Marie

News Release link re: National Historic Site

July 8, 2021

MP Terry Sheehan is  pleased to share the News Release posted today from Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada regarding the designation of the Former Shingwauk Indian Residential School in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, as a national historic site under the National Program of Historical Commemoration.

Canada.ca/news:

English NR:  https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2021/07/government-of-canada-recognizes-the-national-historic-significance-of-the-former-shingwauk-residential-school.html

French NR:  https://www.canada.ca/fr/parcs-canada/nouvelles/2021/07/le-gouvernement-du-canada-reconnait-limportance-historique-nationale-de-lancien-pensionnat-indien-de-shingwauk.html

English BKG:  https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2021/07/the-former-shingwauk-indian-residential-school---sault-ste-marie-ontario.html

French BKG:  https://www.canada.ca/fr/parcs-canada/nouvelles/2021/07/lancien-pensionnat-indien-de-shingwauk---sault-ste-marie-ontario.html

CISION National:

Englsh NR:   https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-recognizes-the-national-historic-significance-of-the-former-shingwauk-residential-school-857193485.html

French NR:  https://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/le-gouvernement-du-canada-reconnait-l-importance-historique-nationale-de-l-ancien-pensionnat-indien-de-shingwauk-887311091.html

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Jennifer MacNab (She/Her/Elle)

Executive and Parliamentary Assistant to

Terry Sheehan, MP

Sault Ste. Marie

Mobile: 613-406-1280