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Potentially massive federal budget cut threatens search for children missing from residential schools

Mohawk Institute survivors ask Canada to stand with them and provide adequate funding

Rochelle Becker
Rochelle Becker

29 Sep 2025 • 5 min read

Kimberly Murray, in a bright orange jacket, stands next to aerial maps of the Mohawk Institute grounds.
Kimberly Murray speaks in 2021 about ground searches for unmarked graves on the site of the Mohawk Institute, a former residential school in Brantford, Ont. Planned federal budget cuts may jeopardize future searches. (Nick Iwanyshyn/The Canadian Press)

Rochelle Becker
Rochelle Becker

Rochelle is an investigative journalism intern focusing on the Residential Schools database. She is a student of Humber College’s Bachelor of Creative and Professional Writing program.

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