Residential schools denialism is harmful on many levels, and jeopardizes Canada’s ability to work with Indigenous Peoples to create a stronger future.
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This summer, one family is marching from Regina to Ottawa, hoping to raise awareness about the vulnerabilities and systemic inequalities faced by Indigenous boys, men and Two-Spirit People.
Canada’s recent resolution to label the Indian Residential School system as genocide (and not cultural genocide) is not a mere alteration of words, it is a significant and consequential change.
It is reasonable to expect that any apology from the Pope will be met with mixed responses.
As a theologian who studies church apologies for historical wrongs, I understand why the Pope was moved to speak this week, but I hope this was not his definitive apology.
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.
Movements that challenge former national icons demonstrate the importance of history-making in an age of racial reconciliation. But ‘history wars’ won’t get us anywhere.
Indigenous people and communities are not monolithic. How they react to and deal with tragedy will be different. Acknowledging that will help us all heal.
How can settler-Canadians cheer for their country at the Tokyo Olympics after the recent discoveries of hundreds of unmarked graves of children who attended Indian Residential Schools?
The destruction of IAP residential school records and media reports that continually emphasize compensation will ensure that if remembered, the process will be remembered through a colonial gaze.
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Associate Professor, Departments of History and Indigenous Studies, University of Manitoba
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Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream; June Callwood Professor of Social Justice; Special Advisor on Indigenous Initiatives, Victoria University, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Theological Studies, Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo
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Research Associate, Sociology and Social Studies, University of Regina
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Professor, Sociology & Criminology, University of Manitoba
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PhD Candidate, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor of Gender, Religion and Critical Studies, University of Regina
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Associate Professor, History, University of The Fraser Valley
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Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, York University, Canada
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Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta
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