"Forced child labour was not an accident of the system—it was its foundation. For over seventy-five years, Youville relied on the unpaid labour of Indigenous children. They scrubbed floors, hauled water, wrung laundry through heavy mangles, farmed, carried honey buckets, and cooked. [...] The work was also meant to teach obedience and enforce control."

ECAMP: Child Labour at the St. Albert Youville Indian Residential School
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/09/30/more-than-half-a-day-child-labour-at-the-st-albert-youville-indian-residential-school/

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