Canadians are gathering for ceremonies and reflecting on the tragic legacy of residential schools — and honouring the children who never came home — as the country marks the fifth annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

This year also marks 10 years since the final report from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was released.

The commission, which conducted an exhaustive, years-long study of residential schools, has documented just how destructive residential schools were with widespread abuse and neglect — and as many as 6,000 deaths, most from malnutrition or disease.

The schools, which were designed to assimilate Indigenous children into the dominant Euro-Canadian culture, caused untold intergenerational trauma and harm, the TRC found.

In a statement Tuesday morn

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