Residential school survivor Evelyn Korkmaz has yet to decide if she’ll attend any of the events planned during the visit by Pope Francis to Canada at the end of the month.
“If I do go, I would like to have a word with the Pope,” said Korkmaz, who is Cree from Fort Albany First Nation, on the west coast of James Bay.
The Pope will be in Canada from July 24 to 29 with stops in Edmonton, Quebec City and Iqaluit, and is expected to apologize in person for the Catholic Church’s role in the residential school system.
Korkmaz attended the notorious St. Anne’s
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