[11] Qwul'sih'yah'maht, Robina Anne Thomas, looked at experiences of three former students of the institution from Halalt First Nation and Cowichan Tribes through a storytelling methodology in her social work thesis.

[16] In May 2022, a CBC podcast series by Duncan McCue explored the stories of four children who attended the institution,[17] with sources that included police investigations and coroner's reports, in addition to interviews with abusers and community members.

[18] Also in May 2022, Penelakut Elder Raymond Tony Charlie published a book, In The Shadow of the Red Brick Building, relating his experiences at the Kuper Island institution and at St. Mary's residential school in Mission, BC.

[22] Other accounts have been the subject of controversy, including that in 1930, German doctors are alleged to have arrived to inject large syringes into the chest of some students, resulting in several deaths.

While author Terry Glavin wrote in 2008 that there is "not a shred of evidence" for some such assertions,[23] since then new application of technology such as ground penetrating radar confirms community knowledge of some past events.

In 2018, Penelakut Chief and Council and Elders' Committee met with researchers from the University of British Columbia to discuss possible identification of unmarked graves using ground-penetrating radar (GPR).

[31] As a response to emerging news related residential schools through Spring 2021, including the Kuper Island institution, Penelakut Elders Ray Tony Charlie and Florence James led a listening circle to focus on support, learning, and healing.

[33] On August 2, 2021 Penelakut First Nation held the Spune’luxutth Sulxwe’en Memorial Walk (or March for the Children) in the neighbouring town of Chemainus, BC.