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[Children sitting outside with their instructor] (1960). Source: Reproduced with the permission of Library and Archives Canada & Dalhousie University Library/Rosemary Gilliat Eaton fonds/e010836022.
 

Federal Hostel at Cape Dorset (NU)

Dates of Operation
January 1, 1962 - June 30, 1965
Description
The Federal Hostel at Cape Dorset was part of the Northern Affairs Branch (NAB) Small Hostels program, launched in 1960. The Small Hostel setting was supposed to come close to the traditional home life of Inuit children. The program began in Cape Dorset with three eight bed hostel buildings, and local community members worked as Hostel Mothers or Hostel Parents. They operated the residences under the supervision of the Federal Day School Principal. Children staying in the hostels attended the local day school. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)
Denomination
None

More Information

Alternate Name(s)
Cape Dorset 8 Pupil Hostel
Cape Dorset Hostel #3
Hostel Building #29, Hostel Building #30, Hostel Building #32
Kinngait
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Map Information

Location
"Point is on the site of one of the three hostel buildings. The other two hostels and the federal school buildings were within 50 metres this point. The site now houses the Peter Pisteolak Elementary School and the health centre" (Orlandini, 2019).
Location Credit
Rosa Orlandini and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. The school/hostel location data was collected by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission / National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, Morgan Hite (Atlas of Indian Residential Schools of Canada), Stephanie Pyne (Residential Schools Land Memory Mapping Project) and Rosa Orlandini (Map and GIS Librarian, York University Libraries). The location data and associated attribute data was enhanced, revised and updated by Rosa Orlandini, in consultation with the Archivists at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.
Location Source
Orlandini, Rosa, 2019, "Residential Schools Locations Dataset (Shapefile format)", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/FJG5TG, Borealis, V3, UNF:6:TTc1mMvx2BlBqBgIN05xVw== [fileUNF]

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