Thousands of Northern Ontario Survivors are Eligible for Compensation

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Warning: This story is about survivors of the Indian Boarding homes program and talks about abuse and domestic violence. 

Melissa Ethier and Marilyn Gaudreau squeeze onto a single wide chair, and comfort each other, as they open up about what it was like to be removed from their homes in Mattagami First Nation in 1969.

They joke nervously, calling themselves the M and M’s and pre-emptively reach for tissues as they prepare to tell their story.

Read the full article below by Kate Rutherford of CBC News.