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Rally participants hold up signs and wear orange shirts as they march in support of residential school survivors and the families of missing and murdered Indigenous children in Winnipeg on July 1, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Sudoma

Ignore debaters and denialists, Canada’s treatment of Indigenous Peoples fits the definition of genocide

Sean Carleton, University of Manitoba and Andrew Woolford, University of Manitoba

A better understanding of what most genocide scholars believe can help people understand how Canada’s Indian Residential School system fits with the definition of genocide.
Lorelei Williams, dont la cousine a été assassinée par le tueur en série Robert Pickton et dont la tante a disparu en 1978, verse des larmes en répondant au rapport de l'Enquête nationale sur les femmes et les filles autochtones disparues et assassinées. La Presse Canadienne/Darryl Dyck

ENFFADA: doit‑on faire évoluer la définition du mot génocide?

Andrew Woolford, University of Manitoba

Comprendre le génocide comme un processus peut aider là mieux comprendre les menaces ressenties par les peuples autochtones du Canada.
Lorelei Williams, whose cousin was murdered by serial killer Robert Pickton and whose aunt went missing in 1978, sheds tears while responding to the report on the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Canada’s MMIWG report spurs debate on the shifting definitions of genocide

Andrew Woolford, University of Manitoba

Understanding genocide as a process can help people grapple with the ongoing threat faced by Indigenous people in Canada, as named in the report into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

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