Algoma University, Makwa Waakaa’igan Indigenous Centre of Cultural Excellence

At the gateway to Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, is Shingwauk Hall, a former residential school that operated between 1875 and 1970. More than 1,000 Indigenous children from Ontario, Quebec, the Prairies, and the Northwest Territories attended the school, separating them from their families, cultures, languages, and traditions.